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iAfrica Flag of Mozambique image: www.slon.pics/Freepik.com 3 mins ago 1 min read Share with your network! Several more South Africans caught up in the Mozambique conflict have been now been accounted for. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in the country working to secure their safety. Hundreds of th...

Mozambican survivors of Palma attack relive horror Reuters, PEMBA, Mozambique Luisa Jose, a 52-year-old mother of five, said that she came face-to-face with Islamic State-linked insurgents when they attacked the town of Palma in northern Mozambique 10 days ago. “I was running to save my life... They were coming from every street,” she told reporters from a stadium in the city of Pemba that is housing some of the thousands who fled the violence. “I saw them with bazookas,” she added. “...

Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about reports of continuing violence in northern Mozambique that has displaced thousands of people, the majority of whom are women a

4 April 2021, 11:05 AM  |  SABC  |  @SABCNews Image: Reuters [File photo] The SADC Troika will hold an urgent meeting this coming week to discuss the current situation in Mozambique Mozambican journalist Matias Guente says his government is making it difficult for the media to investigate the root cause of the insurgency in the country. The situation in northern Mozambique remains volatile after armed gr...

Saturday, 3 April 2021, 8:11 pm Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile, after last week’s brutal attacks by armed groups in Palma district, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). More than 9,100 people – almost half of them children – arrived in Nangade, Mueda, Montepuez and Pemba districts, OCHA said in a flash update on Friday, adding th...

SA govt expresses willingness to assist Mozambique amid insurgencies This comes ahead of a meeting next week called by SADC to discuss the ongoing violence in the Cabo Delgado province. Image: © alekstaurus 123rf.com 13 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - The South African government has expressed its willingness to assist Mozambique amid an insurgency in the north part of that country. This comes ahead of a meeting ...

SANDF limiting Mozambique involvement to logistical support Soliders have been deployed to assist the South African High Commission to repatriate South Africans wanting to return home. Mozambican soldiers are seen leaving the tarmac of the airport in Pemba on 31 March 2021. Sporadic clashes broke out in Palma on Tuesday as thousands of residents hid around the besieged northern Mozambique town, scrambling t...

4 Min Read PEMBA (Reuters) -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. FILE PHOTO: People wait for friends and relatives as a ship carrying more than 1,000 people fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State-linked insurgents on the town of Palma, docks in Pemba, Mozambique, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Emidio Jozine “I was running to save my life ... they ...

Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Emergency Situation, Flash Update #1 (1 April 2021) Format Overview Over 8,000 people fled from Palma, in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique, as of 31 March 2021 following the violent attacks conducted by Non-State Armed Groups since 24 March (Source: OCHA). Numbers are expected to rise in the coming days as several people are still hiding and communications in Palma are very limited. Displaced families are fleeing by land, air and sea to the districts of Nangade, Mueda,...

French energy giant Total has shut its operations and withdrawn all staff from a site in northern Mozambique following last week’s deadly Islamist attack in the area, security sources said on Friday. “Total has gone,” a security source in Maputo said, adding that “it will be hard to persuade them to return” this year. A military source added that “all the facilities are abandoned.” “Total made a decision to evacuate all of its staff,” after drone surveillance showed insurgents ...