The deployment of thousands of foreign troops last year has helped significantly stem the jihadist violence that has rocked northern Mozambique for over four years, a global think tank said Thursday. More than 3,100 military troops from Rwanda and several southern...

By Marc Hoogsteyns Rare interviews with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique point to low morale in their ranks and to an insurgency that is losing steam in the face of Rwandan forces. The Rwandan army late last month let journalists...

By Marc Hoogsteyns Many people are deserting the ranks of the Islamic insurgency in Mozambique as the military presses gains, according to the deputy chief of a multinational African force who admits the conflict remains a "puzzle".  In an interview with AFP in the...