US sanctions Tanzanian for funding Mozambique insurgents

Rwandan soldiers

Rwandan soldiers in the port city of Mocimboa da Praia, northern Mozambique after a joint force drove out Islamists in the area. PHOTO | AFP

The United States has announced sanctions on a Tanzanian national for his role in financing the ISIS-backed insurgency in Mozambique.

Washington says Peter Charles Mbaga, aka Abu Kaidha, facilitated fund transfers from South Africa, where he is based, and helped an armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) purchase equipment on the South African market.