Eles têm sido capazes de potenciar os fluxos ilícitos para financiar o extremismo?.Mas qual é a relação entre os rebeldes e as rotas do tráfico ilícito que há muito fazem parte da economia do norte de Moçambique?.O conflito desencadeou uma crise humanitária aguda e muitas das causas subjacentes à crise – tais como extrema desigualdade de rendimentos, corrupção endémica e crime organizado generalizado – permanecem inalterados. O conflito em Cabo Delgado e as suas consequências para a regiãoĪ província de Cabo Delgado, no norte de Moçambique, mantém-se em crise profunda passados quase cinco anos após o início da violência extremista na região.Īpesar da intervenção das tropas da ‘SADC’ e do Ruanda para apoiar os militares moçambicanos, a violência continua a expandir pelos distritos de Cabo Delgado e, mais recentemente, para a província vizinha de Niassa. Insurgência, mercados ilegais e corrupção Subscribe to the GI-TOC East and Southern Africa mailing list to stay updated on our upcoming publications and initiatives. Julian Rademeyer, East and Southern Africa Director, GI-TOCīorges Nhamirre, Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies Hanns Bühler, Regional Representative for Southern Africa, Hanns Seidel Foundation
Lindy Mtongana, Freelance Journalist and Broadcaster How can efforts to rebuild Cabo Delgado counter the corroding effects of organised crime and corruption, and how can this help prevent the region from sliding back into conflict in future?Īt this joint event of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) and News24, the research team from the GI-TOC will discuss these questions and present the findings of new research on northern Mozambique’s illicit economies.What is the knock-on effect of the conflict on regional trafficking flows and extremism in neighbouring countries?.Have they been able to leverage illicit flows to fund extremism?.But what is the relationship between the insurgents and the illicit trafficking routes which have long been a part of northern Mozambique’s economy?.The conflict has triggered an acute humanitarian crisis and many of its underlying drivers: such as extreme income inequality, endemic corruption and widespread organized crime remain unchanged. Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, remains deep in crisis almost five years after extremist violence began in the region.ĭespite the intervention of SADC and Rwandan troops to shore up the Mozambican military, violence has continued to flare in Cabo Delgado districts and, recently, in neighbouring Niassa province.