Late last month, the Rwandan army allowed journalists to speak with some of the fighters it had seized since beginning operations in the volatile region last July. The extremist group, which is linked to the so-called Islamic State, has been ravaging towns and villages in northern Mozambique since 2017, with the objective of establishing a hardline caliphate. Locals refer to it as Al Shabab, despite the fact that it has no ties to the Somalia-based group of the same name. In recent months, the insurgents have lost territory, according to Jusuf Mohamed, a Mozambican member. The militants never …