Maputo — AN armed Islamist group has recently killed at least 39 people and displaced more 1 000 others in recent weeks. More than 400 homes have been burned down in the past two weeks, displacing people in three districts in the province of Cabo Delgado.
The group implicated in the nighttime attacks is known locally as both Al-Sunna wa Jama'a and Al-Shabab. Among those killed is a local Islamic leader who was beheaded inside a mosque.
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