Defence Web’s African Military Profile on Mozambique highlights a persistent challenge: despite foreign military support from Rwanda, SADC, the EU, and Portugal, the FADM remains hampered by corruption and equipment failures. Defence spending reached 2% of GDP, yet Cabo Delgado’s insurgency continues. (Read)
Why? Military intervention treats symptoms, not root causes. This is not theoretical, it is based on years of firsthand experience with military interventions.
Cabo Delgado’s instability is not recent. The province holds significant gas reserves yet remains Mozambique’s poorest, a reflection of historical development patterns where infrastructure investment concentrated in coastal and southern corridors while northern provinces inherited colonial-era extraction frameworks that generated external profits with minimal local economic participation.
Understanding these structural drivers matters for companies and governments operating in Mozambique. Military interventions provide short-term stabilization but cannot substitute for governance frameworks and economic integration that enable secure long-term business operations.
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Credit: Defence Web – African Military Profile: Mozambique
