MOZAMBIQUE: Armed attackers get 40-year sentences

Ten people have been convicted of carrying out armed attacks in Mozambique,  and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

A number of other defendants got shorter sentences for lesser offences but most of the dozens of other defendants were found not guilty because of a lack of evidence.

Militants have been carrying out beheadings and attacks on villages and defence targets in some districts of Cabo Delgado since October 2017.