Mozambique: the evolution of the jihadist threat in Africa

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The Mozambican army is struggling to contain a bloody jihadist insurgency in Cabo Delgado province.

ADRIEN BARBIER AFP

By: Romain Auzouy

21 mins

The Islamic State group announced earlier this week that it had taken control of the port city of Palma, in northern Mozambique, after an attack that killed dozens of people, according to Maputo.

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Which ISIS affiliate group led this offensive?

What is its strategy, what is its objective?

What does this situation mean in relation to the jihadist organization on the continent and how to assess these new threats?

With our guest 

Matteo 

Puxton

, author of the

historicoblog

twitter account

,

 Associate of History and specialist in the military propaganda of the Islamic State. 

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