UN fear radicalisation of Mozambicans
EMMA RUMNEY MOZAMBICANS uprooted by a jihadist insurgency have the potential to become radicalised themselves if they lack basic essentials and root causes of the conflict are not addressed, United Nations officials has warned. Islamic State-linked militants have in the past year escalated attacks in Mozambique's northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, murdering villagers, fighting the army and seizing towns. Beheadings have been a hallmark of attacks. The number of people fleeing their homes swelled from 70,000 to about 700,000 over the last year, said Raouf Mazou, the U.N. refugee agency's assistant high commissioner for operations. Many initially made their way south…