A South African man arrested in Mozambique on terrorism charges has died in hospital, his daughter told the BBC.

Andre Hanekom, accused of being one of the leaders of a jihadist group in northern Mozambique, was arrested in August - accused by Mozambican prosecutors of being responsible for the group's logistics.

Mozambican prosecutors had named Mr Hanekom and two Tanzanians as leaders of a group established to create instability to prevent the exploitation of natural gas in Palma and later create an independent state, South Africa's EWN news site reported earlier this month..

His daughter, Andrie Hanekom, told the BBC that her father became ill on Saturday in Pemba jail with suspected poisoning.

She said he was bleeding from the stomach, convulsing, became paralysed and was unable to speak.

He was moved to an intensive care unit where his distraught wife had only been allowed to see him in hospital for a couple of minutes at a time, she said.

Her father had been due in court this week and the family maintain his innocence, she added.