Eight years of violence and displacement but the lives of the people here do not make headlines

The effects of offshore gas projects contribute to a humanitarian crisis, and mainly only the companies and countries of the north benefit from the profits and commodities

Regional peace in Southern Africa requires a political and military solution working in tandem

With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October

Bonomade Machude Omar was one of the leaders of the insurgency that has sought to impose Islamic law in the north of Mozambique

However, the decreased number of attacks does not mean peace has descended upon Cabo Delgado

Military interventions will not solve the underlying problems that caused the ‘insurgency’ in the first place

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region has been hit by two insurgent attacks in three days

First came the insurgency. Then the humanitarian crisis. Now the remaining residents of Cabo Delgado are facing economic ruin

Insurgents have moved into villages that used to be safe, forcing people to flee. That instability is driving widespread hunger

Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela uses the continent’s security problems as a prism through which to cast his dark agenda against Israel into the minds of Africa’s youth

What seems to have informed South African Development Community’s new approach is the need to enhance the gains made in controlling the insurgency

People live a ‘hellish existence’ in countries such as South Sudan, northern Mozambique, the DRC but these are a blip on the international media’s news cycle

Between Africa and Europe, is it possible to talk of a win-win partnership, of complementarity and common interests?

The leader of the insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province is described as ‘sinister and brutal’ but ‘with a sense of justice’

With regional forces retaking Cabo Delgado, insurgents turn their attention inland

Young Mozambicans in the country’s north, who are driven to join Islamic insurgents by poverty, must be included in peace and security efforts

The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and…

It is now considerably more difficult for Mozambicans in the conflict-hit province to use financial services

Informal banking and trade are both a lifeline for local communities and a grey area for terror financing, requiring progressive efforts to develop rather than de-risk