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The Islamic State in Mozambique Editor’s Note: The Islamic State has suffered significant losses in recent years, but Mozambique far from the heartland of its former self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria is a rare bright spot for the group. Tore Hamming, of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College, details the group ’s successes in Mozambique and the problems the government there has had fighting the group. Daniel Byman Although the militant Islamist insurgency in Mozambique has been brewing since late 2017, it was only when Islamic State-affiliated militants captured the northeastern port city of Mocimboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province in mid-August 2020 that it gained the world’s attention. After the group’s successive losses in the Levant, it came as a shock to analysts and policymakers that the Islamic State was once again capable of controlling territory jeopardizing the outlook for stability in Mozambique.

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