Cika wannan jumla: A tsakiyar shekarar 2018, kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta yi ikirarin cewa mayakan kungiyar IS sun kutsa kai zuwa arewacin Mozambique, inda 'yan tawayen Islama na Ansar al-Sunna suka riga suka yi yaƙi
wani tawaye tun daga 2017. A watan Mayun 2018, wasu 'yan tawayen Mozambique sun wallafa hoton kansu da ke dauke da tutar baƙar fata wanda ISIL ke amfani da shi, amma kuma sauran kungiyoyin jihadi. Gabaɗaya, kasancewar ISIL a cikin Mozambique ya kasance mai jayayya a lokacin, kuma 'yan sandan ƙasar sun ƙaryata cewa masu biyayya ga Daular Islama suna aiki a yankin.