US designates ISIS-Mozambique and its Tanzanian leader as 'terrorists'

Move by Washington will make it more difficult for ISIS-Mozambique and its leader to fund the insurgency in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province

Devastated: Islamist insurgents in Mozambique have ransacked villages and towns throughout Cabo Delgado since late 2017, killing more than 1300 people — Devastated: Islamist insurgents in Mozambique have ransacked villages and towns throughout Cabo Delgado since late 2017, killing more than 1300 peoplePhoto: AFP/SCANPIX

Iain Esau

London

Mozambique ISIS Cabo Delgado US Tanzania

Published 11 March 2021, 11:05Updated 11 March 2021, 11:05