Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika pakati pa2018, African Union yakataura kuti varwi veIslam State vakanga vapinda kuchamhembe kweMozambique, uko vapanduki vechiIslam veAnsar al-Sunna vakanga vatotanga kupandukira kubva muna 2017
. Muna Chivabvu 2018, vamwe vapanduki veMozambique vakatumira pikicha yavo vaine mureza mutema uyo wakashandiswa neISIL, asiwo nemamwe mapoka ejihadist. Zvose mune zvose, kuvapo kweISIL muMozambique kwakanga kuchiri kukakavadzana panguva iyoyo, uye mapurisa enyika akaramba zvakasimba kuti vakavimbika veIslam State vakanga vari kushanda munharaunda yacho.