2020 in Mozambique
This article lists events from the year 2020 in Mozambique.
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Incumbents
- President: Filipe Nyusi
- Prime Minister: Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
Events
- March 22 - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique[1]
April
- Minister of the Interior Amade Miquidade stated that Mozambique security forces had killed 129 insurgents in Cabo Delgado, in retaliation for an attack on Xitaxi, Muidumbe District that left 52 villagers dead. The militants were reportedly killed in Muidumbe, the Quirimbas Islands, and Ibo.[2]
August
Militants with Islamic State, Central Africa Province (ISCAP), an organization associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, captured the town of Mocímboa da Praia in a battle that left at last 55 government soldiers dead.[3]
- August 7 - The Mozambique Defence Armed Forces lost control of the villages of Awasse, Anga, and Ntotwe, near Mocímboa da Praia.[3]
Births
Deaths
References
- "Início". COVID 19 - Fica Atento. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- Mucari, Manuel; Toyana, Mfuneko (April 28, 2020). McCool, Grant (ed.). "Mozambique forces killed over 100 Islamist insurgents in past month: government". Reuters.
- Fabricius, Peter (August 12, 2020). "Mocimboa da Praia: Islamic State insurgents recapture strategic port town". Daily Maverick.
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