Mozambique: The Forgotten Conflict in the North Is Increasingly At the Center of the Interests of African and Non-African Powers

Maputo — Northern Mozambique where the Comboni missionary Sister Maria De Coppi, among others, was killed on September 6 during the attack on the Chipene mission (see Fides, 7/9/2022), is increasingly at the center of the interest of various States.

The provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula (where Chipene is located) are threatened by the insurrection of jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP – Mozambique). The conflict has so far displaced more than 800,000…