“We have to redouble our efforts to push back on terrorist actions,” she said. “The activities are terrorizing ordinary citizens such as the citizens of Cabo Delgado, and we are working closely with the government to address those issues.”

Greenfield, who began her African tour in Ghana on Wednesday, travels on to Kenya from Mozambique.

The insurgent group in Mozambique calls itself Ansar Al Sunna, or Followers of Tradition, but is known throughout Mozambique as al-Shabab. It has no known connection to the group of the same name in Somalia.

It has been occupying several districts in the Cabo Delgado province since 2017.

To date, almost 5,000 people have been killed in the attacks and almost 1 million people displaced, according to humanitarian organizations.