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On 16 October 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Islamist insurgency in Mozambique. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Combatants

I don't know who added Vladimir Putin as a commander, but please, let's stick with the actual combatants. --Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 16:52, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is because it says that Mozambique is supported by Russia, but supported doesn't mean they are commanding troops. You made the right call. Cool314 (talk) 14:40, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever did it forgot about other involved forces, but this can be a great thing to note to people who edit these kinds of articles, I personally, wait until at least 10 years have passed until even considering any addition to the article, due to my inexperiance Kiri621x (talk) 15:46, 29 March 2021 (UTC) Are we sure the United States has only been supporting Mozambique since this year I found this article which has a picture of a US solider alongside a Mozambique one in front of a US C-130 which from 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com/fight-against-isis-affiliate-in-mozambique-draws-us-green-berets-2021-4 - Snguberman[reply]

@Snguberman: You have to remember that we are talking about military support specific to this insurgency. As far as I know, the USA have cooperated with Mozambique in battling piracy along the African coast for several years now, and I think they are also working together in some other security assistance deals. However, US support in these cases does not mean that the USA are supporting Mozambique in other conflicts; for example, military intelligence on pirates would not be very useful in fighting Jihadists (although overlaps exist). Applodion (talk) 17:56, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties

The page says that the total civilian casualties is 78 but it has said that since the 26th of March. The other numbers are out of date to. I will try to count all the deaths, but I will need help. Can someone try to help me? Cool314 (talk) 14:49, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

With what, exactly? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:33, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page move history

at 01:14, 26 December 2017 Ammarpad moved page Draft:Islamist insurgency in Mozambique to Islamist insurgency in Mozambique (Publishing accepted Articles for creation submission (AFCH 0.9)
at 00:51, 2 August 2018 Oranjelo100 moved page Islamist insurgency in Mozambique to Islamist insurgency in Mozambique (2017-present) (Date)
at 15:28, 22 August 2018 CPA-5 moved page Islamist insurgency in Mozambique (2017-present) to Islamist insurgency in Mozambique over redirect (To specific date)
at 12:06, 20 April 2020 Denimcurls moved page Islamist insurgency in Mozambique to Insurgency in Mozambique (2017-Present) (In order to comply with Wikipedia naming conventions a more neutral option is prefered until the situation is fully understood.)
at 12:11, 20 April 2020 Denimcurls moved page Islamist insurgency in Mozambique to Insurgency in Mozambique (In order to comply with Wikipedia naming conventions a more neutral option is prefered until the situation is fully understood.) (moved a redirect, not the article)

Insurgency in Mozambique is a WP:CONCISE title. The goal of conciseness is to balance brevity with sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area. If there has never been any "insurgency" in Mozambique before 2017, then it is unnecessary to disambiguate with a time period (2017-present). Likewise it may be not be necessary to disambiguate with "Islamist", especially if it is not clear that this insurgency should be characterized as an "Islamist insurgency". – wbm1058 (talk) 17:03, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wbm1058: "If there has never been any "insurgency" in Mozambique before 2017" Um, Mozambican War of Independence? Mozambican Civil War? RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019)? Koopinator (talk) 17:13, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I propose Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province. Koopinator (talk) 17:14, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We should use a title who is most used in the sources. What do the sources say about the conflict? Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:35, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also the I don't believe we should use the year in the title because there is/was only one Islamic insurgency in Mozambique. But I still believe we should use a name who's used by reliable sources. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dumb question. What's different btw civil war and insurgencies? Surely can't just be factions facing government. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:35, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bokoharamwatch: It's not a dumb question. The two terms often blend together. As far as I understand, it's mostly a question of size. Case in point, the Mozambican Civil War is regarded as a full civil war as it engulfed much of the country and both sides fielded thousands of troops. In contrast, the later RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021) is regarded as insurgency/rebellion despite involving two of the civil war's main factions, FRELIMO and RENAMO, as it was a much smaller conflict with fewer troops and covering less territory. Applodion (talk) 20:32, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 April 2020

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The result of the move request was: Moved b uidhe 19:30, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Insurgency in Mozambique (2017–present) → Insurgency in Cabo Delgado – Used in seemingly reputable sources [1][2], has 10.700 google results, I oppose the current title, as there were technically 2 insurgencies in Mozambique from 2017 to 2019 (See RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019)). I also oppose Islamist insurgency in Mozambique as it isn't in all of Mozambique and because there's more to it than just Islamism (organized crime is in on it as well) Koopinator (talk) 18:06, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A look at some randomly chosen article references:

This article calls them "the Cabo Delgado insurgents", not "Islamist" insurgents.
While this onecalls it "the Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado"
And this report refers to "Mozambique’s first Islamist attacks" ("attacks" rather than "insurgency")
This article also talks about terrorist attacks and "the insurgency", but just "alleged" ISIS responsibility – an "unknown terrorist group" whose funding, origins, mandate and even its name are unknown. If you don't definitively know anything about the terrorists, then you can't with certainty call them "Islamist".

"Cabo Delgado" is more WP:PRECISE (titles should unambiguously define the scope of the article, but should be no more precise than that) as it doesn't imply that the insurgency is countrywide as "Mozambique" does. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:40, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose- Article will be much harder to find. Oranjelo100 (talk) 02:42, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Oranjelo100: What do you mean? Redirects will remain in place. Koopinator (talk) 11:41, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I mean in search engines and it can spread to other regions. Oranjelo100 (talk) 06:37, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We don't know if it will spread, the question is, what is the best title NOW? Regardless, what title would you suggest if it were to spread to Tanzania? I'm thinking Insurgency in Cabo Delgado and Mtwara. Of course, if it spreads to multiple regions, maybe we could then call it "Insurgency in Northern Mozambique" or "Insurgency in Northern Mozambique and Southern Tanzania". But only when this happens should such a title change be considered. Koopinator (talk) 10:03, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NAMINGCRITERIA and WP:COMMONNAME We should name titles who are based on highly reliable sources and the most common one should be used as the title. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 10:12, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem that this conflict has any common name within RS. Koopinator (talk) 10:16, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lean Support the title seems more precise, and a little less awkward. ~ HAL 333 06:22, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support or "northern Mozambique" leaving the redirect Sugarcoils (talk) 18:25, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 31 March 2021

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The result of the move request was: Consensus not to move. No such user (talk) 09:11, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado → Mozambique conflict – it is the most common name used by sources at the moment Ridax2020 (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Ridax2020 (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-56441499

https://www.ft.com/content/94eca69a-77a6-401a-83e0-ab2df070fd94

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/mozambique-conflict-why-have-500-000-people-been-forced-to-flee-their-homes-12209615

https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/06/mozambique-cabo-delgado-conflict-islamist-insurgency-mental-health-crisis Ridax2020 (talk) 16:41, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Almost all sources describe it as an insurgency and also it's only centralized in Cabo Delgado, so changing it to "Mozambique" would imply it's a Mozambique civil war over the entire region when it's very localized. Therefore there is no reason to change it to this. Des Vallee (talk) 19:49, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There have been many conflicts involving Mozambique, so the current title helps avoid confusion and is more precise, as the insurgency is mostly confined to Cabo Delgado. Leviavery (talk) 23:41, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. "Cabo Delgado" is included in almost all mentions of the rebellion. Applodion (talk) 00:11, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The media can refer to it in headlines as "Mozambique Conflict" without needing extra details because there's only one armed conflict in Mozambique right now, and even then they still have to clarify that the conflict is an insurgency in Cabo Delgado in the subheader or opening paragraph. Wikipedia titles don't need to use the most compact name possible to fit in a headline and aren't tied to any point in time, so they should give more context. 209.6.200.194 (talk) 19:21, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. 78.36.163.169 (talk) 10:04, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Troops from neighbouring countries

The entry and participation of soldiers from Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania and Angola are actually an integrated organised force. They are the Southern African Development Community's "SADC Mission in Mozambique" (SAMIM) force which has a specific multinational structure and command system.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The way they are discussed in this article suggests that it's merely an arbitrary bunch of countries just piling in. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:27, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Martin, Guy (26 July 2021). "Botswana officially deploys troops to Mozambique". DefenceWeb. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "JSCD updated on Op Vikela, South Africa's commitment to SADC Mission in Mozambique". defenceWeb. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ Martin, Guy (10 August 2021). "SADC Mozambique force bolstered by Lesotho as Rwandans retake key port". defenceWeb. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

Pinging ThePaganUK as a recent major editor of the article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:19, 26 November 2021 (UTC) [reply]

pledge

this states that both al-shabaab groups have pledged loyalty to ISIS which is mostly untrue. the Somali branch is mainly loyal to Al Qaeda, with only a handful siding with ISIS. 107.9.156.27 (talk) 20:10, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 16 October 2022

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 17:18, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado → Islamist insurgency in Mozambique – If Google Scholar is anything to go by, the latter falls much more in line with WP:COMMONNAME. To illustrate:

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado – 2,280 results

Islamist insurgency in Mozambique – 14,800 results

Plus, for what it's worth, the Portuguese version of this page calls this Insurreição islâmica em Moçambique, or "Islamic insurrection in Mozambique," which is a lot closer to the second title than the current one. DJ (talk) 03:33, 16 October 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 19:28, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per User:wbm1058 two years ago: "Cabo Delgado" is more WP:PRECISE (titles should unambiguously define the scope of the article, but should be no more precise than that) as it doesn't imply that the insurgency is countrywide as "Mozambique" does. 20:13, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's more precise, yes - but it also doesn't seem to be a name commonly used anywhere outside of Wikipedia. I completely understand the rationale here, but "insurgency in Cabo Delgado" (or variations of it) just doesn't seem to be what it's referred to, even if it is true that it's mostly just happening in Cabo Delgado right now. DJ (XTheBedrockX) (talk) 07:21, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Legend

Add legend to map 2A02:C7C:507D:0:55AE:C348:ACCE:8EEC (talk) 22:54, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Legend

Add legend to map 87.81.117.65 (talk) 22:57, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Martin, Guy (26 July 2021). "Botswana officially deploys troops to Mozambique". DefenceWeb. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[2] "JSCD updated on Op Vikela, South Africa's commitment to SADC Mission in Mozambique". defenceWeb. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[3] Martin, Guy (10 August 2021). "SADC Mozambique force bolstered by Lesotho as Rwandans retake key port". defenceWeb. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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