The militia insurgency by the group now calling itself Al Sunnah had been spreading rapidly in the Cabo Delgado Province from late 2019.

SADC forces exit Mozambique with mixed results

Mozambican security forces will then take full responsibility for security.
The SADC military mission had several main strategic objectives:neutralising the extremistsassisting the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces in planning and undertaking operationstraining and advising the Mozambique forces.
It concluded that the SADC mission had achieved its objective of reducing the insurgents’ capacity and assisting the Mozambican military.
Read: Mozambique security forces kill 16 insurgentsHowever, since the second half of 2023, the number of attacks has increased, leading to a rise in the number of displaced people.
Secondly, coordination and joint operations with the Rwandan forces, which had been deployed in July 2021, the SADC force and the Mozambican security forces have been problematic.