Around 30 percent of respondents in Mozambique cited they feared armed attacks from political and religious extremists during the previous two years. Six percent reported they have already experienced such violence. Mozambique has seen the deterioration of an ongoing conflict in the northern province Cabo Delgado. Non-state armed groups are accused of perpetrating extreme violent attacks, including arbitrary killings and detentions, human trafficking, and kidnapping.
Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021
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Respondents were asked:
"Please tell me whether, in the past two years, you have ever personally feared any of the following types of violence: An armed attack by political or religious extremists? [If yes:] Have you actually personally experienced this type of violence in the past two years?".
The source adds:
"Insecurity prevented Afrobarometer survey teams from collecting data in rural Cabo Delgado, so our findings probably under-report fear and experience of violent extremism in Mozambique".
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Afrobarometer. (October 27, 2021). Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/
Afrobarometer. "Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021." Chart. October 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/
Afrobarometer. (2021). Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/
Afrobarometer. "Fear and Experience of Armed Attack by Political and Religious Extremists in Mozambique as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/
Afrobarometer, Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Fear and experience of armed attack by political and religious extremists in Mozambique as of 2021 [Graph], Afrobarometer, October 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277709/fear-and-experience-of-violent-extremism-in-mozambique/
