Southern Africa: Why South Africa Has a Keen Interest in Extremist Violence in Northern Mozambique

[The Conversation Africa] A growing insurgency in the northern parts of Mozambique has caught the attention of conflict analysts and observers worldwide. There is now even a possibility that the South African National Defence Force might become involved in the most northern Cabo Delgado province, with a view to ending the deadly violence and litany of atrocities, abductions and destruction of infrastructure.