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Islamic State Mozambique (IS-M) have claimed the killing of 17 Christians in Cabo Delgado Province in the past three weeks.
In just one attack in Muidumbe district on August 26, the terrorists murdered four people and burned down 29 houses.
These attacks are part of an escalation in violence in Cabo Delgado, including skirmishes between IS-M and troops from Mozambique and Rwanda engaged in counterinsurgency operations.
Islamic State Mozambique has killed an estimated 1,800 Christians since 2017.
In early August international experts reported that 60,000 people had been displaced by the violence.
More than half a million had already fled northern Cabo Delgado since the Islamist insurgency began in 2017.
IS-M has also set up roadblocks to prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. Travellers are being intercepted and, if they are Christians, charged a tax of around $150-$460 to be allowed to continue their journey.
IS-M has been waging an insurgency in Cabo Delgado since 2017, slaughtering thousands of people.
The group was praised in the IS magazine Al Naba at the beginning of August. The same article contained a demand for Christians to convert to Islam, accept subjugation by IS, or face death.
In just one attack in Muidumbe district on August 26, the terrorists murdered four people and burned down 29 houses.
These attacks are part of an escalation in violence in Cabo Delgado, including skirmishes between IS-M and troops from Mozambique and Rwanda engaged in counterinsurgency operations.
Islamic State Mozambique has killed an estimated 1,800 Christians since 2017.
In early August international experts reported that 60,000 people had been displaced by the violence.
More than half a million had already fled northern Cabo Delgado since the Islamist insurgency began in 2017.
IS-M has also set up roadblocks to prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. Travellers are being intercepted and, if they are Christians, charged a tax of around $150-$460 to be allowed to continue their journey.
IS-M has been waging an insurgency in Cabo Delgado since 2017, slaughtering thousands of people.
The group was praised in the IS magazine Al Naba at the beginning of August. The same article contained a demand for Christians to convert to Islam, accept subjugation by IS, or face death.
