Alessandra Ciffo
The Islamic State (IS) claimed two new machine guns armed assaults on February 26th against the Monothi and Miog Christian villages in Chiure District Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique, by Mozambique State, which led to the escaping of a few Christians, the destruction of many government building, houses, including one belong to the village’s leader and churches.
On February 24th, another machine
gun attack was officially reported by IS Central in Chiure District on the
Magia Christian village, claiming to burn 2 churches and around 140 houses.
Moreover, a couple of days before,
on February 20th, in Ukwa village, the same modus operandi was conducted in
which the mujahideen also clashed with a Mozambican Defense Armed Forces (FADM)
patrol, who were attempting to ambush them during their raid to the Christian
village, instead, the mujahideen were able to seize part of the village
properties.
The number of refugees in Cabo
Delgado province[1]
is significantly and quickly rising[2] due to the recent increase
of the operativeness and violent attacks, especially of the Islamic State (IS) in
different Districts, including in Macomia and Chiure[3], which is very likely to drive
the Mozambican government to declare the state of emergency in Cabo Delgado. A
series of partners have already temporarily suspended activities and evacuated
personnel.
[1] According to the 20th Mobility Tracking
Assessment (DTM) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), only
55% are hosted by the local population,
while the rest live in 190 displacement sites.
[2] As stated by government
authorities data, Nampula Province recently received more than 20,000 displaced
people.
[3] It has been reporting there were already over 9,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the district.
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