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They took away my biggest gift in life – my family As thousands flee non-state armed groups attacks in northern Mozambique, urgent resources are needed to support them and the communities hosting them. Adelino Alberto and his family who fled an attack claimed by non-state armed groups on the town of Palma are seen at a transit centre in Pemba, Mozambique. © REUTERS/Emidio Jozine By Juliana Ghazi in Pemba, Mozambique  |  07 April 2021 Suabo was in the kitchen, cooking a meal for her fam...

Mnangagwa to Attend Key SADC Meeting in Maputo As ISIS Wreaks Havoc in Mozambique 1 hour ago Gibbs Dube FILE: Emmerson Mnangagwa, second left, with Army General Constantino Chiwenga, second right, inspects the military parade after being sworn in as President at the presidential inauguration ceremony in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. Share share MARYLAND —  President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to meet with some leaders of the Southern African Community’s Organ on P...

Sadc Troika heads to Maputo Deputy News Editor President Mnangagwa will on Thursday join SADC leaders that make up the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation to explore avenues of putting an end to the terrorist attacks that have rocked Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Chair of the security organ, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to attend the key meeting. Deputy Chief Secretary — Presidential Communications in the...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - UN Humanitarian Air Service flight prepares for take-off. The World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting over 50 000 people affected by deadly violence in Palma, a town in Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado province, according to the UN agency. “It’s a real humanitarian catastrophe. People are heading all over by boat, on foot and by road,” Lola Castro, WFP Southern Africa regional director, said. WFP is distributing emergency food packages to support...

The East African Tuesday April 06 2021 Internally displaced people from Palma gather in the Pemba Sports center to receive humanitarian aid in Pemba on April 2, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Stranded in the bush with little access to food or water, some of the escapees headed south but others walked north to the Tanzanian border. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it had received reports that "around 600 Mozambican asylum seekers" who crossed into Tanzania had been pushed back across the border. Ad...

Mozambique: Islamist terror on the Indian Ocean Meanwhile, in the southern Tanzanian border town of Mtwara, residents are fearful their Tanzanian relatives in Mozambique are in danger and want their government to repatriate them. Rukia Ngomeke, a Mtwara resident, has relatives in Mozambique. She says she has lost contact with them since violence broke out. "At the police station, we are told to wait until the refugees are interrogated, and the security officials are convinced they are okay. The...

US Special Forces sent into Mozambique amid growing civil war Amid an escalating armed conflict in Mozambique, the Pentagon has sent US Special Operations troops into the southern African nation. The deployment of these troops, described as “trainers” and “advisers,” and justified in the name of the endless “war on terrorism,” provides fresh confirmation of the Biden administration’s global escalation of US militarism, including on the continent of Africa. Announced in the middle ...

The United Nations raised the alarm over reports that Tanzania forcibly returned hundreds of Mozambicans fleeing jihadist raids.

Military says it has regained full control of the coastal town of Palma

The United Nations raised the alarm on Monday over reports that Tanzania forcibly returned hundreds of Mozambicans fleeing jihadist raids last month.