{"id":53752,"date":"2024-01-11T21:52:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/fresh-rebel-attacks-bid-to-counter-government-propaganda-analyst"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:57:54","slug":"fresh-rebel-attacks-bid-to-counter-government-propaganda-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/fresh-rebel-attacks-bid-to-counter-government-propaganda-analyst","title":{"rendered":"Fresh rebel attacks bid to counter government \u2018propaganda\u2019 \u2013 analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The latest round of attacks by armed rebels in northern Mozambique are aimed at countering the \u201cvictorious vision\u201d portrayed by the government after its large-scale offensive against them, with the incursions \u2013 which have claimed several civilian and military lives \u2013 not representing anything new, according to Mozambique analyst and researcher Joa\u0303o Feijo\u0301.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t exactly new,\u201d Feijo\u0301, a researcher at the Observato\u0301rio do Meio Rural (OMR), a non-governmental organisation, and author of several works on armed violence in Cabo Delgado province, told Lusa on Tuesday. \u201cThe attacks have always continued, with more or less intensity, with greater or lesser violence: the insurgents have moved around and have always had contact with the population.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armed groups have carried out new attacks in the districts of Macomia and Moci\u0301mboa da Praia in recent weeks, with responsibility for some of these claimed by a local affiliate of Islamic State, causing several deaths and prompting many residents to flee, a situation that worsened in December.<\/p>\n

According to Feijo\u0301, the latest attacks by insurgent groups are a response to the \u201cpropaganda\u201d put out by the government about the restoration of security in Cabo Delgado province, which he noted aims to \u201csend an international message to investors that [French energy multinational] Total can return\u201d to resume work on a major natural gas project.<\/p>\n

In fact, Feijo\u0301 said, the attacks in northern Mozambique have never stopped and the insurgents live among the population, from whom they acquire what they need \u201cat generous prices\u201d and \u201ccontinue to have information, food support and recruitment capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow what\u2019s happening is that [the new attack] has been in the news; now they\u2019ve carried out spectacular attacks to counter this victorious vision of the Mozambican government, which is their main opponent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The fresh attacks come at a time when the Southern African Development Community Military Mission (SAMIM), which is supporting Mozambique\u2019s forces in the fight against the insurgents, is preparing to leave the country in July. By contrast, Rwanda, which has also supported the country with troops, has expressed its willingness to expand its combat operations in Cabo Delgado Its troops are mainly operating on the perimeter of the Rovuma Basin natural gas project overseen by TotalEnergies, work on which was suspended due to an attack in 2021, near the project\u2019s infrastructure in Palma district.<\/p>\n

According to Feijo\u0301, the decision on whether Mozambique will seek the expansion of Rwanda\u2019s operations in the province will be taken by the home countries of major investors in Cabo Delgado, namely France and the US, as Mozambique \u201cis only a passive subject that accepts the conditions imposed by third parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researcher also stressed the Rwandan army\u2019s fighting capacity, its discipline, its apparent good relationship with the population and its mastery of the local language as some of the factors that could also contribute to Rwanda staying in Mozambique.<\/p>\n

\u201cMozambique is emerging as a territory sacrificed for the extraction of these resources and someone has to guarantee security and it has been decided that the best investment is to support Rwanda rather than SAMIM,\u201d he said of the two foreign forces, reiterating that \u201cMozambique does not have the final say in this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feijo\u0301 believes that the armed violence in that province \u201cwill continue for a long time\u201d and that the death of the rebel leader, Bonomade Machude Omar, in August 2023, does not herald an end to the attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not because they\u2019ve killed a leader that this will end, because immediately afterwards another one appears, perhaps with a desire to avenge the previous one, or perhaps even more radical and violent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cabo Delgado province has been plagued by an armed insurgency for more than six years, with responsibility for some attacks claimed by a local affiliate of Islamic State. This has brought a heavy-handed military response since July 2021, with support from Rwanda and the SADC mission, liberating districts near gas projects.<\/p>\n

The conflict has already displaced around one million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and caused around 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.<\/p>\n

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