Mozambique: Jihadi militants making inroads

Security in northern Mozambique has deteriorated dramatically, with jihadi militants seizing a key port city on the Indian Ocean coast. The government is increasingly relying on international help to fight the militants. The security situation in Mozambique's northernmost province has reached a new low, with jihadi militants repeatedly attacking and partly occupying a strategic port city in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado. Mocimboa da Praia, a city of some 30,000 people, isn't the most important port in the north of the country, but observers believe its conquest nevertheless represents an embarrassment to government troops. Cities such as Mocimboa da Praia, Macomia and others...