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Authorities in Mozambique say at least ten people have been beheaded in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province by suspected Islamist militants. This is the latest of a number of attacks that are being blamed on a group known locally as Al Shabab. Sheik Saide Habibe, a religious leader based in the capital Maputo, has been telling 大象传媒 Newsday about the group's origins and aims.

(Picture: Mozambican soldiers patrol the streets of a town in the northern part of the country, following an attack from suspected Islamist militants. Credit: Adrien Barbier/AFP/Getty Images)