Cabo Delgado: Over 250,000 people return home, sea, air ports re-open

More than 250,000 people earlier displaced by Islamic State-linked terrorists in parts of Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado returned to their homes and sea and air ports were re-opened, thanks to joint operations by Rwanda Security Forces (RSF) and the Mozambican army.

The coastal region was ravaged by the Ansar al Sunnah wal Jama’a terrorists who killed more than 4,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others, since 2017.

In July 2021, Rwanda deployed 1,000 troops to Cabo Delgado, at the request of the Mozambican government.

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