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6 April 2021 13:48 GMT Updated  6 April 2021 13:48 GMT in  London Mozambique’s Defence & Security Forces (FDS) have “completely” retaken control of Palma, near Total’s Afungi liquefied natural gas construction site, having “cleansed” the town of Islamist insurgents, according to an FDS spokesman. If the claim is true, it ends an 11-day reign of terror and brutality by militants who attacked Palma in Cabo Delgado province on 24 March, killing locals and foreigners alike...

Urgent aid is needed for Mozambiqued deepening humanitarian crisis after deadly attacks by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group. The largely homegrown militancy, known locally as Al-Shabaab, has grown in power since 2017 and in capturing towns, commits brutal killings on civilians such as beheadings. More than 700,000 have been displaced across Mozambique. On March 24, the northern Cabo Delgado province took a turn for the worst after their latest attack on the town of Palma. Thous...

Mozambique: ‘The worst part was hearing the gunshots and screams and wondering, will we be next?’ Format A camp for internally displaced people in Palma before the attacks at the end of March. © WFP/Grant Lee Neuenburg World Food Programme readies emergency assistance for more than 50,000 people fleeing attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado Yuri Arabadgi de Andrade Wednesday 24 March was a sunny day in the town of Palma in the north of Mozambique. Children were playing football ...

Concerns raised over growing humanitarian crisis in Moz after insurgent attacks Dozens of people have been killed and thousands have fled the town after it was invaded by extremist militants linked to the Islamic State almost two months ago. People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on 1 April 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coasts of Palma. More than a thousand people evacuated...

Mozambique attack survivors turned back by Tanzania – UN AFP Internally displaced persons wait in line at a UN World Food Program distribution point in northern Mozambique. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga / AFP Stranded in the bush with little access to food or water, some of the escapees headed south but others...

Halima Adhu Jose is still struggling to get over the horror she experienced two weeks ago when she escaped Palma, a town in Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado province. Rampaging gunmen on March 24 launched an attack on the coastal town, firing indiscriminately, setting fire to buildings and killing dozens of people, according to government officials. The assault sent residents scattering in a desperate attempt to reach safety by whatever means possible: on foot, by road and boat. Jose, h...

  Travel regulations for entry and return to the Czech Republic have been updated as of April 5th. Entry regulations vary according to the country of origin and mode of transport used, and foreigners (non-residents) are still prohibited from entering the country unless for essential reasons. Czech citizens and residents will only need to present a negative test when travelling from high-risk (dark red or black) countries. Image Credit: Mzcr.cz. Czech Rep., Apr 6 (BD) – The Czech Ministry of ...

An army spokesman said that a significant number of Islamist fighters were killed in the operation. Scores of civilians were killed and at least 11,000 displaced after the militants invaded Palma in Mozambique’s oil-rich Cabo Delgado region on March 24. It was the biggest attack in the African nation’s northern province since the jihadists, known as al-Shabab, launched an insurgency in 2017. French energy giant Total suspended operations at its Afungi liquid natural gas plant near Palma wh...

Share on Twitter Luisa Jose, a 52-year-old mother of five, says she came face-to-face with insurgents linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State 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 Pemba housing some of the thousands who fled the violence. "I saw them with bazookas. They wore uniforms with red scarves ... tied to th...

Dozens of people were killed in an assault on the town of Palma by ISIS militants Previously unseen footage of the aftermath of the attack has been released It shows bodies on roads, people fleeing to helicopters, and SOS messages It is estimated that over 100 ISIS-affiliated fighters attacked the gas hub town Briton Philip Mawer was among the dead when an escape convoy was ambushed The full death count is not known, with communications in the town disrupted