Islamist insurgents launched an incursion into Balama on Saturday – the last district in Cabo Delgado province that had not yet been attacked – and killed at least five people

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on a ruby mine on 20 October, saying the company had “stolen the wealth of Muslims” and boasting of causing “great economic losses to the owners in India”

The incident marks the first insurgent attack in Nampula province in the four and half years since the start of the conflict, which so far has been almost entirely restricted to Cabo Delgado