Gaborone — A Southern African leaders meeting that was scheduled for Thursday to address the Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique has been postponed, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi's office said on Wednesday.

The meeting was to receive a report from a team sent to Mozambique to assess the security situation and identify ways to support the country after Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked the coastal town of Palma, displacing tens of thousands of people and stalling a $60bn natural gas project...

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