ICC Note: Mozambique Forces captured an Islamic rebel leader in the Cabo Delgado Region. This rebel group has killed several dozen people in the past year. The capture took place in a raid on August 16.

08/27/2018 Mozambique (AllAfrica) – Security forces attacked a rebel base near Pundanhar, Palma, Cabo Delgado, on 16 August, capturing a suspected rebel leader, Abdul Raim, and killing four fighters, Bloomberg (20 Aug) reported. VoA (22 Aug) reports that rebels responded by attacking the village on 21 August and destroyed the local administration building and burning houses. Pundanhar is near the Ruvuma River which is the border with Tanzania, and many residents fled to Tanzania. Military action has been taking place since early August and there was at least one raid on a rebel base on 6 August. (Zitamar 10 Aug)

A group of four men attacked Cobre village, Quiterajo, Macomia on 23 August and killed two people. (Lusa 24 Aug) The village is near the coast, 40 km south of Mocimboa da Praia and 100 km from Pundanhar.

Meanwhile police claim to have prevented the recruitment of 33 people from Nampula to join the Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado. The 33, who included youths, elderly people and even children, were travelling in a sailboat from Geba, Memba, Nampula to Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado. The boat ran into problems in the area of Pangane.

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