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Who are Al-Shabab militants terrorising northern Mozambique
2021-03-29
[Al Ahram] Militants who seized the northern Mozambique town of Palma this week, murdering residents and forcing energy giant Total to suspend work on a nearby gas project, have wreaked havoc in the area for more than three years.

Here is a snapshot of the hard boys:

-ORIGINS-
In October 2017, about 30 gunnies launched a dawn raid on three cop shoppes in Mocimboa da Praia,
...the “capitol” of Islamic State West Africa Province-Mozambique (ISCAP), or more colloquially Al Shabaab. It’s not connected in any way to Somalia’s Al Shabaab, which looks to Al Qaeda, or Nigeria’s Boko Haram, also known as Islamic State West Africa Province, and may or may not be retreating in disarray...
a port city in the province of Cabo Delgado, a predominantly Moslem region bordering Tanzania.
Posted by:Fred

#2  According to what I’ve been able to discover between Rantburg’s archives and the internet, Voldemort Omeater6755, Al Shabaab (Mozambique) funds itself through heroin, contraband and the ivory trade — and of course raiding. They’re pledged to ISIS and had some initial training in terroristing from Al Shabaab in Somalia, while their leadership appears to come from Tanzania, but I haven’t noticed anything specific about large investors. Who donates to Boko Haram (ISWAP) or the jihadis in Mali?
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-03-29 12:13  

#1  So who's the moneybags financing them? Why? Who benefits from the mayhem?
Posted by: Voldemort Omeater6755   2021-03-29 08:45  

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