Under the article "Mozambique: War in resource-rich region threatens $25 billion in foreign investment", published in the digital platform of IBA, Claudia Santos Cruz, head of Oil & Gas at MDR Advogados in Mozambique, points out that «violence in the area is not new. It goes back many decades to when Mozambique was plunged into a protracted civil war involving the ruling party Frelimo and the rebel movement Renamo, who controlled the mineral rich North. In more recent years and given the gas discoveries, the insurgency has been driven by many factors, including the region's political and economic marginalisation from the national government, external conflict forces and the displacement of local communities».
She, too, remarks that this has produced many grievances which need to be adequately addressed to secure stability in the region.
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