2021 Cabo Delgado offensives

2021 Cabo Delgado offensives
	Part of the War against the Islamic State, the insurgency in Cabo Delgado
	; Rwandan forces in Mocimboa da Praia, October 2021
Date	July – August 2021 (first offensive); August – late September 2021 (second offensive); October – November 2021 (minor offensives)
Location	Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique; spillovers into Niassa Province and Mtwara Rural
Status	Pro-government victory Much territory retaken in Cabo Delgado Province; Reduction of rebel activity; Insurgents launch counter-offensive in November 2021;
Territorial; changes	Mocímboa da Praia and other areas retaken by Mozambican government
Belligerents
Mozambique; Rwanda; SADC Tanzania; South Africa; Botswana; Lesotho;	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Cristóvão Artur Chume; Innocent Kabandana; "Frank"; Xolani Mankayi	Bonomade Machude Omar (alias "Ibn Omar"); "Sheikh Dr. Njile North"; Rajab Awadhi Ndanjile †; "Muhamudu" †
Units involved
Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM); Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Special Forces Brigade; Standby Force Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) SANDF special forces; 43 South African Brigade; BDF special forces; Cabo Delago Province militias; Tanzanian police (border defense)	Islamic State's Central Africa Province (IS-CAP); Al-Shabaab
Strength
?; 1,000; 738	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown; 4+ killed, several wounded; 1 killed; 1 wounded	70 killed (by 5 August)

From July to November 2021, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) and Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), and belligerents from Southern African Development Community (SADC) states, conducted offensives in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, against local rebels loyal to the Islamic State's Central Africa Province (IS-CAP). The first offensive succeeded in retaking the important town of Mocímboa da Praia which had previously fallen to rebels as a result of the insurgency in Cabo Delgado.

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