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Mozambique on Thursday launched a special force of elite soldiers and police to combat an Islamist uprising that has threatened the country's lucrative natural gas projects.
More than 3,100 mainly African forces, led by a heavy Rwandan contingent, have deployed to northern Mozambique, and the government says it has regained control over most of the region.
Total has suspended its $20 billion natural gas project because of the violence, depriving the government of desperately needed income.
