Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?

Since 2017, Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has witnessed an unprecedented level of violence attributed to jihadist movements. The security threat, instability and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area has attracted the attention of regional and international actors. The aim of this a...

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Hauptverfasser: Ana Carina S. Franco, Miguel Mbiavanga Ajú
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Observatório Político 2022-10-01
Schriftenreihe:Political Observer
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Online Zugang:http://rpcp.pt/index.php/rpcp/article/view/135
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description Since 2017, Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has witnessed an unprecedented level of violence attributed to jihadist movements. The security threat, instability and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area has attracted the attention of regional and international actors. The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it discusses the response to jihadist movements in Somalia and Mali in order to explain and contextualize external interventions in Mozambique. On the other hand, it explores the extent of lessons-learned based on the evidence from Somalia and Mali. Specifically, it considers how such interventions may help shade light towards a better understanding of the origin and evolution of Mozambican-based jihadist movement and the possible responses from external actors. The arguments are guided by a post-liberal approach. However, drawing from the relative deprivation theory, the article also focuses on the economic and social exclusion experienced in Cabo Delgado province and highlights the possible underlying root-causes of the current situation. As a main conclusion, lessons learned from stabilization and counterinsurgency interventions in Somalia and Mali must be an integral part of the responses to the Mozambique conflict.
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spelling doaj.art-c5e5808afb224e9aa6c9f1047322324b2023-05-10T02:20:27ZengObservatório PolíticoPolitical Observer2795-47572795-47652022-10-011710.33167/2184-2078.RPCP2022.17/pp.91-105Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?Ana Carina S. Franco0Miguel Mbiavanga Ajú1Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI-NOVA), PortugalCentro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), IUL-ISCTE, Portugal Since 2017, Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has witnessed an unprecedented level of violence attributed to jihadist movements. The security threat, instability and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area has attracted the attention of regional and international actors. The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it discusses the response to jihadist movements in Somalia and Mali in order to explain and contextualize external interventions in Mozambique. On the other hand, it explores the extent of lessons-learned based on the evidence from Somalia and Mali. Specifically, it considers how such interventions may help shade light towards a better understanding of the origin and evolution of Mozambican-based jihadist movement and the possible responses from external actors. The arguments are guided by a post-liberal approach. However, drawing from the relative deprivation theory, the article also focuses on the economic and social exclusion experienced in Cabo Delgado province and highlights the possible underlying root-causes of the current situation. As a main conclusion, lessons learned from stabilization and counterinsurgency interventions in Somalia and Mali must be an integral part of the responses to the Mozambique conflict. http://rpcp.pt/index.php/rpcp/article/view/135external interventions; jihadist movements; Mali; Mozambique; post-liberal; Somalia
spellingShingle Ana Carina S. Franco
Miguel Mbiavanga Ajú
Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
Political Observer
external interventions; jihadist movements; Mali; Mozambique; post-liberal; Somalia
title Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
title_full Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
title_fullStr Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
title_full_unstemmed Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
title_short Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique? | Resposta aos Movimentos Jihadistas Somali e Mali: Que Lições para Moçambique?
title_sort response to the somali and malian jihadist movements what lessons for mozambique resposta aos movimentos jihadistas somali e mali que licoes para mocambique
topic external interventions; jihadist movements; Mali; Mozambique; post-liberal; Somalia
url http://rpcp.pt/index.php/rpcp/article/view/135
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