



Isis soldiers have been exposed beheading Christians and torching homes and churches across Africa.
Just days after Pope Leo spoke out against the crimes, more horrific attacks have been seen in the east African nation of Mozambique.
US-based counter-terrorism research group, The Middle East Research Institute (Memri) has described the horrifying events as a "silent genocide" being carried out on Christians in the region.
The think tank has released footage from the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) depicting brutal attacks on four Christian villages in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province.
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|Islamic State Mozambique Province have released a series of photos depicting brutal attacks on four Christian villages
Memri said the images shared by the terrorist group include operatives raiding villages and burning homes and a church to the ground.
They also show brutal beheadings of civilians and what the jihadist group call "infidel militias".
Mobs of the bloodthirsty insurgents were pictured celebrating the massacre.
Memri's vice president, Alberto Miguel Fernandez said: "What we see in Africa today is a kind of silent genocide or silent, brutal, savage war that is occurring in the shadows and all too often ignored by the international community.
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|Images shared by the terrorist group include operatives (pictured) raiding villages
"That jihadist groups are in a position to take over not one, not two, but several countries in Africa - take over the whole country or most of several countries - is dangerous.
"It's very dangerous for the national security of the United States let alone the security of the poor people who are there - Christians or Muslims or whoever they are."
The UN's migration watchdog has also revealed that attacks by Islamist insurgents last month have displaced more than 46,000 people Cabo Delgado province in just eight days.
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|The Islamic State Mozambique Province burned down homes and a church to the ground
According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 60 per cent of those displaced are children.
The UN's humanitarian office noted in a report that the wave of attacks between July 20 and July 28 across three districts in the province were to blame for the spike in displacements.
But the UN's report failed to detail the number of deaths or acknowledge the specific target for the attacks.
Fernandez said: "The fact that some of this and some of the worst of it is happening because of a deep anti-Christian animus, hatred of Christians, religiously-based hatred of Christians is something that the UN usually doesn't like to talk about."
The tragedy comes after 49 Christian worshipers were massacred by Isis-affiliated jihadists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The perpetrators were members of the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces, a violent organisation designated as a terrorist group by the US and Uganda.
Nine children were beheaded in the horrific attack, with several others abducted.
In the wake of the killings, a White House spokesman said: "The Trump administration condemns in the strongest terms this horrific violence against Christians in the DRC and is committed to advancing the Washington Accords to bring peace back to the region and end targeted killings."