On December 4, 2020, in Muidumbe, Mozambique, Islamist militants launched a deadly ambush, killing around two dozen soldiers in a significant show of force against the military's efforts to suppress an insurgency in the northern Cabo Delgado province. The militants targeted a group of soldiers in Muidumbe, leading to at least 25 fatalities. The attackers lured military vehicles into a dense forest, where they unleashed heavy weapons, causing significant casualties before retreating. The military faced challenges, including difficulties in communication due to destroyed telephone lines. The government, wary of negative publicity, was reluctant to share information. Ongoing violence, especially the capture of Mocimboa da Praia in August 2020, underscored the militants' impact. The situation in Cabo Delgado involved a shadowy jihadist group, self-identified as Al-Shabab, with loose ties to the Somali group of the same name. The violence had widespread ramifications, affecting numerous districts, resulting in over 2,300 documented deaths, and displacing more than 500,000 people (data at December 2020).

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