UN says insurgent propaganda combines footage from Mozambique, DRC and Somalia – Carta

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UN says insurgent propaganda combines footage from Mozambique, DRC and Somalia – Carta

3:04 CAT | 06 Feb 2020

Image: Twitter / @SimNasr

The United Nations Security Council says that, since the end of 2019, Ansar Al Suuna in Mozambique was added to ISCAP, the Islamic State Central Africa Province. “Consequently, the online presence of ISCAP began combining footage from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Somalia, an indication of coordination or attempts to unify the three theatres”.

The statement is contained in a report included in a letter from the Chair of the Security Council Committee dated 20 January, concerning a meeting of the panel that deals with the issues of the so-called Islamic State, Al Qaeda and associated groups or individuals. It is the “Twenty-fifth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2368 (2017) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities”. [To read the full document, click HERE]

The report states that,”Member States observed a striking improvement in the quality and content of propaganda materials, a possible indication of new funding and resourcing of the group.” Furthermore, it adds, “one Member State reported that operations in Mozambique were planned and commanded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.

The report says “the threat from Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), an offshoot of Madina Tawheed wal Muwahedeen (MTM), continued to evolve”.

“In July 2019, MTM rebranded itself by replacing its logo with that of ISIL,” adds the same source.

The report also states that, “according to [UN] member states. ISCAP membership consists of 2,000 local recruits and foreign terrorist fighters from Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda”.

#Mozambique prises de guerre de l’#EI dans la province de #CaboDelgado pic.twitter.com/Sgx9gt5YlV

— Wassim Nasr (@SimNasr) February 1, 2020

Insurgents in #CaboDelgado are circulating a video today of a car caught from police/army on 8 December. Check the number plate ! Seems like an old video (45s)… pic.twitter.com/pDswRB4bka

— Eric Morier-Genoud (@emorier) January 25, 2020