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The port of Pemba in northern Mozambique is known for its wide bay but rather than hosting tourists it has become home to thousands of refugees who have fled Islamic extremists. Boatloads of people have fled their homes over the last few months after they fell to Al-Shabab gunmen who claim allegiance to the Islamic State group. They seized coastal zones with natural gas installations and have begun to push to the inland districts of Cabo Delgado. In October, the violent rebellion entered its fo...

Southern Africa leaders mull Mozambiques extremist threat by Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press Posted Dec 14, 2020 12:01 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 12:12 pm EDT HARARE, Zimbabwe — Southern Africa’s leaders are meeting in the Mozambican capital of Maputo Monday to discuss ways to help fight the Islamist extremist rebels who have killed thousands of people and displaced tens of thousands in Mozambique’s gas-rich north. The extremist rebels have held the strategic port of Mocimboa...

Mozambique jihadists push masses to Pemba 3 published : 14 Dec 2020 at 08:45 3 In October, the violent rebellion entered its fourth year and has reportedly killed more than 2,400 people and displaced more than one million, according to the government PEMBA (MOZAMBIQUE) - The population has soared in Pemba, a northern Mozambique port known for its wide bay, but rather than tourists coming for a swim, the newcomers have fled Islamic extremists...

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Mozambique A review of Mozambiques floundering commitment to the human rights project. Introduction Human Rights Watch submits the following information highlighting concerns about the Republic of Mozambique’s lagging compliance with its international human rights obligations. The last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was made in 2016. The submission focuses on problems related to impunity for recent and past violations and abuses by state securi...

They cut his head off: Grief torments Mozambique terror survivors Listen | Print By Emidio JOZINE and Alfredo ZUNIGA (AFP)     Dec 10, 2020 in World Rabia Ali stares at the horizon. Its been nearly a year since her husband, son and brother-in-law were beheaded by Islamist militants waging a brutal insurgency in northern Mozambique. "I managed to escape," she told AFP, struggling to speak about her loss. "Now I am here in Metu...

I was sleeping and woke up around 4am to the sound of guns, she told AFP, shaken as she recalled that terrible day in October

Nine months pregnant, with no news of her fisherman husband, she had no choice but to flee. Falume roused their five children and they made their getaway from the coastal village of Pangane. She gave birth on the run. "I was sleeping and woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of guns," she told AFP, shaken as she recalled that terrible day in October. Falume is one of tens of thousands of displaced people in Pemba, the capital city of gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, which has been gripped by deadly...

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A lot of people have no place to stay anymore so they had to build little shacks like this one but many of told me they dont know how life will continue because they dont have the money to. her children cant spend the nights in their own house anymore because the danger of it collapsing on them is too great. so they have to take their only remaining bat and all eight of them sleeping under an improvised roof their food just slowly running out they still have some fruit and vegetables but is only...

That more rain and flooding could be in the forecast. thats really a major concern also here in pember where several neighborhoods are still flooded but yesterday there was rain predicted heavy rain it did not rain at all the whole day to day it rained just a little bit so far so this is a sign of hope i talked to a material just today and she told me well were still expecting rains but most likely more moderate rain so this is reason for hope but of course she also said they cant guarantee that...