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MAPUTO, Mozambique (RNS) — In the remote villages of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, fear seems constant. Families say they no longer sleep through the night, children jump at the sound of ...
News Mozambique » Cabo Delgado » Religion: Mozambique: Armed Group’s Child Abductions Surge in North
(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has ramped up abductions of children in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch said today. Most of the ...
News Mozambique » Cabo Delgado » Religion: Mozambique: Child Soldiers Used in Raid on Northern Town
(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Mozambique used boys as young as 13 to raid and loot the town of Macomia, in Cabo Delgado province, on May 10, 2024, ...
News Mozambique » Cabo Delgado » Religion: At least 120 children have been abducted by insurgents in Mozambique, rights group says
At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday, warning of a rise in abductions in the country’s troubled ...
News Mozambique » Cabo Delgado » Religion: Sexual violence surges in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado as war grinds on
Just before dawn one morning in March 2021, gunfire woke Olessa Ibrahimou as armed men stormed her village near Palma in northern Mozambique. The 41-year-old was pregnant at the time. She tried to ...