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Islamic terrorism in Mozambique and the role of the United States
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Islamic terrorism in Mozambique and the role of the United States
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S207054760023479-3-
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10.18254/S207054760023479-3
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Valentin Parkhomenko 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7762-2188
Occupation: Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation: Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
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Issue 6
Abstract

The author explores the origins of the current Islamist insurgency in the northern province of Mozambique Cabo Delgado and the factors that enabled it to develop: a local traditional Islamic leadership out of touch with the interests of younger Muslims; an economic and social deprivation in the North of Mozambique amid a wealth of natural resources; the corruption and an ineffective local governance. The current and potential assistance to Mozambique”s flagging counterterrorism efforts on the part of African states – SADC’s members and USA are also reviewed though Washington while supporting SADC’s military operations limited itself until recently to periodical participation of the US special forces in the training of Mozambican security detachments to fight local jihadists. 

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Sahel, Cabo Delgado, natural resources, extremism, Islamic terrorism, jihadism, Islamic state, IS – Mozambique, SADC
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31.10.2022
Date of publication
07.12.2022
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