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Mozambique jihadists seize key town in Cabo Delgado
Islamist insurgents have seized control of a key town in northern Mozambique, close to where foreign companies are working on a $60bn (£52bn) natural gas project.
The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de Praia, taking a military base and raising their flag, police said.
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This is the first time Mozambican jihadists have attacked a major town.
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Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced during the three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52005899
The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de Praia, taking a military base and raising their flag, police said.
...
This is the first time Mozambican jihadists have attacked a major town.
...
Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced during the three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52005899
I didn't know there was a jihadist movement that far south in Africa.
