Maputo — The Mozambican Defence and Interior Ministers, Amade Miquidade and Jaime Neto, are visiting the northern province of Cabo Delgado to assess the situation after islamist insurgents seized the town of Mocimboa da Praia on Monday.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, after the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), the government spokesperson, Deputy Justice Minister Filimao Suaze, said the terrorists had pulled out of the town later on Monday, after they had "destroyed public and private infrastructures".
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