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Cabo Delgado insurgency and rising security threats

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The insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, linked to the Islamic State, continues to drive humanitarian crises and regional instability. The conflict has resulted in the recruitment of over 400 minors in 2024 and the destruction of 30 health facilities. Total internally displaced persons in the region have reached 506,214, representing a 9 percent increase from the previous year. In September 2026, violence expanded into Niassa province. An insurgent attack targeting the Marangira Coutada hunting concession within the Niassa Special Reserve resulted in at least one death and injured a member of the Defence and Security Forces. The assault caused the destruction of a health facility, a police post, and a mobile telecommunications tower, while attackers seized and burned several vehicles. At least eleven people, including minors, were abducted, and the violence displaced between 2,000 and 2,700 residents. In response, the U.S. Department of State maintained a ‘Do Not Travel’ designation for the Niassa Special Reserve and the Cabo Delgado border regions. Niassa provincial Secretary Silva Livone has increased patrols to protect the area. In the Macomia ~~region of Cabo Delgado,~~ region, a joint operation between Mozambican Defense and Security Forces and Rwandan military personnel resulted in the deaths of at least two suspected terrorists in the forests of the Quiterajo administrative post. While the operation successfully drove insurgents away from the immediate zone, one Mozambican security force member sustained a gunshot wound. Local populations in Nkóe, Nguida, Chicomo, and Meluco report ongoing panic due to the presence of rebel groups, who have recently engaged in looting cornfields and threatening agricultural production. Humanitarian efforts are also intensifying in Nampula province to address the fallout from terrorism-related displacement. Through the NutriNort program, UNICEF and the Mozambican government are working to combat chronic malnutrition Security incidents have escalated further in ~~the Meconta and Eráti~~ other districts. In Ancuabe, seven individuals armed with white weapons raided a residence in Muaguide village on September 22, 2026, stealing approximately 28,000 meticais.

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