Mozambique: Can Mozambique’s New Counter-Terrorism Centre Deliver?

The centre fills a major counter-insurgency gap in the north, but the challenge will be translating good intentions into results.

In November 2025, Mozambique established the National Centre for the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism and Violent Extremism (CTC) to coordinate its responses to terrorism. This is a long-overdue step after nine years of torment by Islamic State-backed insurgents, during which over 6 700 people have been killed in nearly 2 500 attacks in northern Mozambique.