Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2017, wata ƙungiyar masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ta Islama da ke da alaƙa da ISIL mai suna "Ansar al-Sunna" ta kai hari kan garin yayin Tawaye a Cabo Delgado
, wanda ya kashe mutane 17. Wani harin ya faru a ranar 24 ga Maris, 2020, wanda ya ba 'yan ta'addan iko na ɗan gajeren lokaci na birnin kafin Sojojin Tsaron Mozambique su kore su. 'Yan tawayen Islama sun kwace iko da birnin a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 2020, bayan da sojojin gwamnati suka kare bindigogi kuma suka fice, wasu ta teku. Nan da nan aka fara kokarin kwato birnin daga hannun 'yan ta'adda. A watan Agusta na 2021 waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun yi nasara kuma haɗin sojojin Ruwanda da na Mozambique sun sake karɓar garin.