Currently, especially in the post-Ramadan period and with the end of the rainy season, it is the central-northern districts, such as Muidumbe and Macomia, closest to the strategically most sensitive points and the border with Tanzania, that continue to register increased activity by armed groups.

Contacts between the population and the insurgents are considered support for terrorism and several arrests have taken place in Mocímboa da Praia and Macomia. In 2021 and 2022, c. 500 people were arrested and charged with for involvement in terrorist activities. READ MORE