Suspected Islamic State militants attacked a safari lodge co-owned by veteran football coach Carlos Queiroz in northern Mozambique, killing at least one person, abducting multiple hostages, and forcing the evacuation of three American citizens.
The Thursday, September 3, assault on the Marangira hunting concession represents a dangerous westward expansion of Mozambique’s nine-year insurgency. Originating in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, the violence has increasingly threatened the adjacent Niassa Special Reserve, one of Africa’s…
