Mozambique: Mozambique’s ISIS Insurgency Threatens to Destroy Conservation Progress and Fragile Environmental Protections in Niassa Special Reserve

Dec 17, 2021 | Angus Begg, Daily Maverick
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The Islamic State (IS) insurgency in northern Mozambique has taken a new, sinister turn, moving inland and westward into the Niassa Special Reserve, since the first attack on November 25 destroying four towns and displacing over 2,000 people en route, according to the UN-aligned International Office for Migration (IOM). This figure, from Tuesday 14 December, focused on just one of four affected districts, doubled from the day before.