Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked the town of Macomia in Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, according to people with knowledge of the matter, in what is their boldest raid in more than three years.

Mozambique's army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado,

The town is in a gas-rich province where Islamic State- linked militants launched an insurgency in 2017. Mozambique's military is battling a major Islamist attack in the town of Macomia in northern Mozambique,