War in resource-rich Mozambique
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Fighting between Islamist rebels and army troops at the besieged town of Palma has killed dozens of civilians. Since 2017, insurgents have killed 2,600 people while more than 670,000 have fled their homes
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ZAMBIA
TANZANIA
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
SOUTH AFRICA 
ZIMBABWE
Maputo
Cabo Delgado
Mocimboa da Praia
INDIAN OCEAN
Gas fields
ESWATINI

200km 125 miles
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2010: Discovery of vast natural gas field leads to $20 billion investment, but local population remains impoverished

2014-15: Young people in Cabo Delgado indoctrinated to follow radical Islam

Oct 2017-present: Insurgent attacks by Ansar al-Sunna
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TANZANIA
MOZAMBIQUE
INDIAN OCEAN
Mocimboa da Praia
Palma
Area under control of insurgents 
Montepuez 
Cabo Delgado
Niassa
Quissanga
Nampula

Montepuez: World’s largest ruby deposits discovered in 2009

80km  500 miles
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Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, Institute for Security Studies
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