Displaced residents return to Mozambique conflict-torn region

In northern Mozambique hundreds of internally displaced people who had fled jihadist attacks that began in 2017 have begun to return to their homes following military operations involving troops from Rwanda.

In recent weeks towns and villages in Cabo Delgado province that had been overrun by the Islamist militants have been recaptured.

In Rwanda local media has shown photos of the military helping displaced people set off in buses and lorries from displacement camps back to their homes.

The Mozambican authorities have however warned that some areas are still not ready to be repopulated as the jihadists destroyed basic infrastructure.

Close to three quarters of a million people have been forced to flee their homes because of the violence.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

Photo: Rwanda Broadcasting Agency