A local jihadist leader and 18 fighters were killed during a military strike on their base in Mozambique’s insurgency-hit north, a bloc of southern African nations said Saturday.
Al-Qaida-linked jihadists have been terrorizing Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado region since 2017, raiding villages and towns in a bid to establish a caliphate.
Hundreds of Mozambicans have been killed since this year when their operations escalated and thousands displaced.
Recently, Rwanda deployed its forces to the region followed by SADC states fronted by South African defence forces.
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