In Mozambique’s Swahili-speaking region and home of President Nyusi

ome of the people rescued from rebels in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. PHOTO | LUQMAN MAHORO

What you need to know:

  • Cabo Delgado is rich in natural gas, gold, graphite and timber, and a coastline teeming with fish. But it has benefited little from this wealth.
  • It is rare in African politics that a region that headquartered a victorious liberation movement and is also home to the incumbent president is so shortchanged as Cabo Delgado.

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