
A military convoy from a multinational intervention force on Aug. 5, 2021, in Pemba, Mozambique.
Editor's Note: This security-focused assessment is one of many such analyses found at Stratfor Threat Lens, a unique protective intelligence product designed with corporate security leaders in mind. Threat Lens enables industry professionals and organizations to anticipate, identify, measure and mitigate emerging threats to people, assets and intellectual property the world over. Threat Lens is the only unified solution that analyzes and forecasts security risk from a holistic perspective, bringing all the most relevant global insights into a single, interactive threat dashboard. Mozambican and Rwandan forces on Aug. 8 captured the strategic port town of Mocimboa da Praia in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado from the Islamic State-backed Ahlu Sunnah Waljamaah (ASWJ) , Reuters reported Aug. 8. The capture of ASWJ's stronghold comes a month after Rwandan forces arrived in Mozambique.