US Pledges Additional $22M to Fight Terrorism in Mozambique

Maputo, Mozambique - U.S. officials pledged $22 million in new funding Thursday to help Mozambique fight Islamist militants in the country's troubled, oil-rich Cabo Delgado, where an insurgency has intensified in recent weeks.

The United States already had pledged $100 million.

At the end of a five-day visit to Maputo, Anne Witkowsky, U.S. assistant secretary of state for conflict and stabilization operatio