Last week, Tanzania and Mozambique announced they would begin conducting joint
operations against Islamist militants along their shared border. The co


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Tanzania, Mozambique Join Forces To Fight Growing Islamist Insurgency

(New York, N.Y.) – Last week, Tanzania and Mozambique announced
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they would begin conducting joint operations against Islamist militants along
their shared border. The cooperation was spurred by attacks by ISIS-affiliated
militants from Mozambique on Tanzanian villages in October. Though the
militants are based in Mozambique, authorities believe many of the recruits
come from Tanzania. The agreement reached by both governments includes a
commitment to extradite more than 500 suspected terrorists from Tanzania to
Mozambique.

 

In recent months, attacks carried out by the ISIS-affiliated Ahlu Sunnah Wal
Jammah (ASWJ) along the Tanzania-Mozambique border have claimed dozens of
lives. In October, approximately 300 ASWJ militantsallegedly beheaded
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more than 20 people in Ktaya, Tanzania. Additionally, the insurgents ignited
fires in more than 175 houses. In August, ASJW insurgents overpowered
government soldiers and claimed control of the port of Mocímboa de Praia in
Mozambique.

 

Terrorist activity in Mozambique has been on the rise since 2017, with more
than 1,000 civilians killed as of August 2020 since the onset of violence. The
local ASJW insurgency has focused most of its attacks near the northern
province of Cabo Delgado. Northern Mozambique isthought
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insurgents due to the province’s multi-billion dollar gas supply. Ongoing
violence has contributed to the displacement of almost 200,000 others.

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ASWJ allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS in May 2018 and was incorporated
into Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) in 2019. ISCAP first claimed
an attack in the Cabo Delgado province in June 2019, issuing a statement that
the group was involved in a gunfight with and had ultimately seized weapons and
ammunition from Mozambican military forces.

 

To read CEP’s Mozambique resource, please click here
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To read CEP’s Tanzania resource, please click here
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