Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland/Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the United Nations food agency said on Tuesday. Islamic State-linked insurgents last month attacked Palma, a town in Cabo Delgado province next to gas projects under development by companies including Total and […]
UN warns Tanzania not to reject people fleeing Mozambique violence
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters United Nations teams have received “worrying” reports that Tanzania has rejected over 1,000 people seeking refuge from an Islamic State-claimed attack on a town in northern Mozambique, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. The 24th March attack on the town of Palma, adjacent to gas developments worth $US60 billion, sent […]
Essay: Offshore gas finds offered major promise for Mozambique – what went wrong?
In an article first published on The Conversation, THEO NEETHLING, a professor of Political Science at the University of the Free State, looks at the situation in Mozambique where hundreds were killed and thousands forced to flee after an attack by Islamist militants on the town of Palma…
Mozambique army says town attacked by insurgents is now secure
Maputo, MozambiqueReuters The town in northern Mozambique that Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked late last month is now secure after the military killed a significant number of militants and cleared one final area, an army spokesman and a provincial official said. “We have completed the clearing [of the town]. It was the only sensitive area that […]
“Running to save my life” – Mozambique attack survivors tell of horror
Pemba, MozambiqueReuters Luisa Jose, a 52-year-old mother of five, says she came face-to-face with Islamic State-linked insurgents when they attacked the gas hub town of Palma in northern Mozambique 10 days ago. “I was running to save my life…they were coming from every street,” she told Reuters from a stadium in the port city of […]
Thousands find refuge after insurgent attack in Mozambique gas town
Maputo, MozambiqueReuters Thousands of people fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State have made their way to safety elsewhere in northern Mozambique, aid workers said, while a small group of victims arrived by boat in neighbouring Tanzania. Insurgents hit the coastal town of Palma, adjacent to gas projects worth $US60 billion, with a three-pronged attack […]