Mozambique: Is There a Case for Dialogue to End Mozambique’s Insurgent War?

Maputo — “While military actions have contained territorial expansion, lasting solutions require dialogue.”

Ongoing attacks by Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) in the northern province of Cabo Delgado are forcing hundreds of thousands of families from their homes, deepening a humanitarian crisis that has ground on for close to a decade.

At least 300,000 people have been displaced by the jihadist violence since July, including more than 100,000 following a spate of attacks late last year. The surge…