🇲🇿 Last UN Security report summary
The deployment of regional forces in #CaboDelgado has significantly impacted the Ahlu Sunna wal-Jama'a (ASWJ) insurgency,reducing their forces from 2500 to 280 fighters through operations resulting in the deaths of 70-120 fighters and commanders
The deployment of regional forces in #CaboDelgado has significantly impacted the Ahlu Sunna wal-Jama'a (ASWJ) insurgency,reducing their forces from 2500 to 280 fighters through operations resulting in the deaths of 70-120 fighters and commanders
However, surviving ASWJ fighters are hardened combatants,relying on independent and well-established local networks for support,skills,& foreign fighters.They have shown enhanced strategic and tactical coordination,launching attacks against civilians and strategic mining concerns
🇲🇿 ASWJ is composed of semi-autonomous cells that don't adhere to a strict hierarchical command structure,making them agile & adept to change.They've longstanding relations with foreign fighters East & Central Africa networks,enhancing assimilation of battle-hardened insurgents
Arms & weapons in #CaboDelgado :
ASWJ uses a variety of weapons, including AK-47 rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, RPG-7 guns, explosives, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) using solar rechargeable cell phone batteries.
ASWJ uses a variety of weapons, including AK-47 rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, RPG-7 guns, explosives, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) using solar rechargeable cell phone batteries.
Weapons have been delivered to ASWJ by sea, using floating plastic bags and buoys with solar-powered satellite communications. Drones have been used for surveillance by ASWJ, ADF, JNIM, ISGS, and Islamic State in West Africa Province.
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