Mozambique Insurgency Expands Across Tanzanian BorderDecember 15, 2021 — 12/15/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –Jihadists in Mozambique are changing their strategy five months after foreign soldiers arrived to defeat an ongoing insurgency, AFP recently reported. Analysts say that the terrorists have...
600 Women and Girls Enslaved in MozambiqueDecember 9, 2021 — 12/09/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Since 2018, ISIS-linked militants have kidnapped and enslaved over 600 women and girls in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in...
Crisis in MozambiqueNovember 8, 2021 — By Linda Burkle, PhD Not long ago I heard a Heidi Baker speak at a worship event. She was visiting the United States but lives in Mozambique, where she runs...
South African President Sends Warning to Jihadists in MozambiqueOctober 22, 2021 — 10/22/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to go after Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in Mozambique. According to the Zimbabwe Mail, Ramaphosa and Mozambican President...
Boys Kidnapped, Turned into Child Soldiers in Northern MozambiqueOctober 3, 2021 — 10/03/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday that an ISIS linked group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping children to use as child soldiers. “The armed...
‘They Cannot Burn Jesus Out of Me’: Mozambique Pastors Minister to Survivors of Violent InsurgencyAugust 5, 2021 — ICC Note: In March of this year, terrorists killed dozens during an attack on the city of Palma in Cabo Delgado province, an area where believers are often kidnapped, forced...
Unrest in Mozambique Displaces ThousandsJuly 15, 2021 — 07/15/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Human rights groups and relief organization are raising the alarm over an escalating security situation in east Africa’s Mozambique. The violence is driven by...
“Grave Violations Against Children” in MozambiqueJune 24, 2021 — 06/24/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – A recent report released by Save the Children, Plan International and World Vision details the violence disproportionately affecting children in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique. According to Emily...
Mission Aviators Evacuate Refugees Fleeing Mozambique InsurgencyMay 25, 2021 — 05/25/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Lyndsey Koh of Mission Network News reports that Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has been battling to transport victims out of Mozambique’s extremist insurgency. According...
Priests Provide “Emergency Services” in MozambiqueMay 12, 2021 — 05/12/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) recently spoke with Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, a Priest working on the frontlines of the insecurity crisis in northern Mozambique. In...
Islamic State in Central and Southern Africa a Threat to Vulnerable Christian PopulationsApril 8, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Jay Church" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1617903973469{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"] 04/08/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) –When the Islamic State (IS) found itself forced out of the Middle East in...
Mozambique Army Taking Back City from ISIS March 30, 2021 — 03/30/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – According to a Guardian report, Mozambique military forces are working to regain control of the city of Palma, six days after ISIS affiliated insurgents ambushed the city,...
ISIS Terror Attack in MozambiqueMarch 28, 2021 — 03/28/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –Hundreds of Islamic Terrorists have seized the town of Palma in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique, killing an unknown number of people and leaving hundreds more...
Children Beheaded in Mozambique as Terrorism Spreads March 17, 2021 — 03/17/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Save the Children staff report being “sickened to our core” while listening to mothers recall stories of their children, as young as 11 years old, being beheaded by insurgents...
Mozambique Bishop Relocated After Receiving Death ThreatsMarch 7, 2021 — 03/07/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – On February 11th, Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa was transferred to his native Brazil from the Mozambique Diocese of Pemba he had overseen for eight...
Islamic Extremism in Mozambique ContinuesFebruary 17, 2021 — 02/17/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) – Since 2017, there have been over 1,300 civilian deaths caused by Islamic extremism in northern Mozambique. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) reports that in the...