Mozambique: Islamic insurgents attack Muidumbe district
Insurgents made a major attack in Muidumbe district, Cabo Delgado this week.
They also reoccupied Bilibiza on Monday (6 April), and at a meeting told local people that Islamic practices would now be followed.
On the same day they occupied Miangalewa on the N380 road in Muidumbe, and stayed the whole day. The N380 is the only paved road from Pemba to Palma and Mocimboa da Praia and has been reopened to light trucks.
On Tuesday insurgents moved from Miangalewa up the N381 road toward Mueda, occupying Xatia, Namacande (district town of Muidumbe), Ntchinga, and Muatade villages.
The occupation of Ntchinga was particularly provocative because this has been a Frelimo base in the liberation war; it is still a military base, and it is claimed the soldiers fled.