Mozambican police have thrown cold water on reports of Al Shabaab, the Al Qaeda-affiliated East African terrorist group, operating in northern Mozambique. In a public meeting on 27 July, convened by the Macomia district administration, local police commander Alfane César said: “We in Macomia do not have the Al Shabaab sect that operates in East Africa.”

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