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 […]
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 […]
Boat carries 1,200 survivors from Mozambique militant attack to safety
Pemba, MozambiqueReuters A boat carrying 1,200 survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in northern Mozambique reached safety in the port of Pemba on Thursday, some of them crying on arrival after spending days hiding in the bush. Aid workers were at the crowded port to give food to those disembarking from the […]