Mozambique: Government Takes Back Control of Mucojo

Maputo — The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, has confirmed that the government has captured the Mucojo administrative post from the hands of the islamist terrorists who have been active in the province since 2017.

Mucojo is part of Macomia district, in the north of the province. It has been infested by jihadists for almost four years.

Cited by the independent television station STV, Tauabo said the government recovered Mucojo in August, through a…