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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Mozambique’s village of beheadings retaken from insurgents

Mozambique’s village of beheadings retaken from insurgents

NEWS
OVER 1,000 Mozambique troops have recaptured the northern village of Muidumbe from Islamist insurgents, police general commander Bernardino Rafael said, killing 16 and destroying some of their logistics. Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, home to gas developments worth some $60 billion, is grappling with an insurgency linked to Islamic State that has gathered pace this year, with insurgents regularly taking on the army and seizing entire towns. Speaking to troops in a field in Muidumbe, an area where local media reported a spate of beheadings by insurgents last week, Rafael congratulated the men for their victory onbut warned they…
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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner swap

Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner swap

NEWS
MALI will release scores of suspected Islamist insurgents in a prisoner exchange for opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin, two security sources and a diplomatic source said on Monday. Cisse, a popular politician who served as finance minister from 1993 to 2000, was kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning in the northern region of Timbuktu in March, while Petronin, who ran a charity for malnourished and orphaned children, was abducted near the northern city of Gao in late 2016. They are two high-profile examples of Mali's deepening security crisis caused by the persistent presence of jihadist groups…
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Aug
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Insurgents seize Mozambique port in gas-rich region, local media say

Insurgents seize Mozambique port in gas-rich region, local media say

NEWS
ISLAMIST insurgents have captured a heavily-defended port in the far northern Mozambique town of Mocimboa da Praia, close to the site of natural gas projects worth some $60 billion, local media have reported. It was one of several attacks on the town - 60 km (37 miles) south of the projects being developed by oil majors like France's Total - this year as insurgents with links to Islamic State have stepped up attacks in the region. Its port is used for cargo deliveries to the developments. Local news site Zitamar said the port had been seized on Tuesday when naval…
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