Yes. UCDP lists 3 active armed conflicts with fighting recorded in Mozambique.
None at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Mozambique: Islamic State, 245 deaths in 2025.
Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →
Deaths recorded in Mozambique in 2025
296in state-based fighting
25in fighting between armed groups
289in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)
UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Mozambique (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.
The conflicts
Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change.
UCDP does not record who started each clash.
Armed conflictState-based conflict · UCDP start year 2019
Mozambique: Islamic State
245deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
166deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
2,950total 2019–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (7 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Mozambique vs IS
2019highest: 9392026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).