The Islamic State extremist group carried out a total of 384 attacks in Mozambique in 2021, killing 1,127 civilians, Mozambican military forces and combatants, according to a US State Department report released Tuesday.
According to the U.S. Counterterrorism Department of Diplomacy 2021 Global Terrorism Report, the year was marked by the Islamic State takeover of Palma, the capital of Cabo Delgado province in the north of the country, in Mozambique. (EI-M) in March of that year, and the response of the combined forces of the Mozambican and Rwandan armed forces, which “reclaimed significant territories” under the control of the terrorist group.
On March 24, 2021, IS-M attacked the city of Palma in the northeast of the country, “creating thousands of internally displaced people as it expanded its control over the province,” and in response, TotalEnergies suspended its natural gas activities in the Afungi Peninsula, the report said.
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