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ISIS 'getting closer' to precious oil reserves as terrorists launch savage attacks
ISIS-linked jihadis are becoming “more confident” in a new battleground and could soon seize vital oil reserves.The oil-rich Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, southern Africa, has witnessed a series of brutal attacks since 2017, with hundreds of thousands displaced.Locals refer to the armed group as the Machababos or Al Shabaab, but the ISIS-affiliated group calls itself Al-Sunnah Wa Jama'ah.Back in August, militants temporarily captured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, and told locals it would be their new capital.Last November, Islamist extremists beheaded more than 50 people in the north of the country after turning a football pitch into an “execution ground”.Terror expert Tore Hamming, PhD in