By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadJOHANNESBURG( Reuters)-Mozambican and Rwandan security forces have recaptured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, an insurgents’ stronghold, the two countries said on Sunday, adding to a growing list of retaken towns and villages. FILE PHOTO: Rwandan military troops depart for Mozambique to help the country combat an escalating Islamic State-linked insurgency that threatens its stability, at the Kigali International Airport in Kigali, Rwanda July 10, 2021.... REUTERS/

By Baz Ratner, Shafiek Tassiem3 Min ReadPALMA, Mozambique( Reuters)-Rwandan forces patrolled burnt-out streets once besieged by Islamist fighters in northern Mozambique, saying it was now safe for civilians to return to the gas-rich region, despite U.N. warnings of a continuing militant threat. Soldiers laid out rifles and rocket launchers seized from the militants.... The Rwandan military’s spokesman said they had already brought 25, 000 people back home.... “ It is very safe for them to go b