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Mozambican defence minister says many people displaced from Cabo Delgado region by jihadist violence will be able to return by June this year, media report. Defence Minister Cristóvão Chume said the jihadists had been weakened, and there had been no attacks in recent days. He said security was progressively improving …

Islamist militants are blamed of beheading a church leader in the Macomia district of the gas-rich northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, local media reported. Last Wednesday, a resident of Nova Zambézia village went to the district police command, carrying a bag that contained a human head belonging to her …