Mozambique forces killed 16 fishermen: conflict monitor | International

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Conflict monitoring group ACLED said Wednesday its sources in Mozambique reported that troops shot and killed at least 16 fishermen in an area where they are chasing Islamist insurgents. The incident off the northern Cabo Delgado province on Monday was reported separately by a local news platform but denied by a government spokesman. ACLED, an independent global group that gets information from networks of local sources, told AFP that the fishing community was targeted while camped on the tiny Rolas islet, about eight kilometres (five miles) off the coast. "Some patrol boats used by FADM (Mozambique Defence Armed Forces) approached the island from Ibo island where they're based ... and apparently came on shore...