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Mozambique: Russian and Mozambican Forces at Odds in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique: Russian and Mozambican Forces at Odds in Cabo Delgado

(Maputo, Lisbon) Disagreements between the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM) and the Police Rapid Intervention Force (FIR) with Russians operatives from private military company Wagner, with negative consequences on the counterinsurgency strategy established between Moscow and Maputo, are causing a worsening of the situation in Cabo Delgado. READ MORE