MOZAMBIQUE: ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS OF ATTACK IN GAS-RICH NORTH SEEM SPURIOUS

   Wed, 03 July 2019

Evidence for an Islamic State attack last month in northern Mozambique seems spurious, although the group’s claim will have symbolic value for the Islamist insurgency in the gas-rich region. The conflict is increasingly posing a risk of attack on NGO assets engaged in post-cyclone recovery, as well as to local businesses that are targeted in extortion and kidnap raids. However, EXX Africa continues to assess that any mooted aspiration to attack gas assets remains subdued by fears of a more heavy-handed retaliatory counter-insurgency.

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