Islamist militants terrorising remote communities in Mozambique's Muslim-majority north mounted a fresh attack on Thursday, police sources said, striking Macomia district in an early morning assault.
Despite President Filipe Nyusi's promises, neither the police nor the army, recently shored up by foreign private security companies, has succeeded in preventing attacks.
Over the last two years over 1 100 people have been left dead by the Islamist group known as "Al-Shabaab" that has swept through the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), affiliated with the Islamic State group, has claimed some of the attacks in the region since last June posting images of slain soldiers and seized weapons.
The jihadists have grown bolder over the past two months, stepping up attacks into towns and unmasking themselves, openly declaring their campaign to establish an Islamist caliphate in the region.
