The conflict in Cabo Delgado completed five years on October 5, 2022. Its beginning took place one day after the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the General Peace Accords in Rome and four days after the end of the XI Congress of the Frelimo Party and five years later it reconvened at the XII Congress in Matola, where the conflict in Cabo Delgado deserved attention.
At the beginning of the attacks on state institutions in Mocímboa da Praia, the statements of the authorities did not take into account the seriousness of the situation, even considering simple acts of banditry that in a period not exceeding seven days it would be enough to restore public order and tranquility. in the district, which would culminate in the handing over of the “evildoers” to the local authorities to be held accountable