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After a brazen jihadist siege a year ago, Mozambique's fledgling gas industry remains on hold.

An agonizing choice for nearly 200 people holed up in a hotel as gunmen roamed unchecked: Wait overnight for rescue? Or make a run for it?

Recounting the events following the March 24 attack on Palma in Mozambique, survivor Wesley Nel, whose brother was killed by Al-Shabaab insurgents, told Sputnik that the evacuation was total chaos and not how it was presented in the Amnesty International reports.Nel, who was about to celebrate his 4 ..

White contractors were prioritised for evacuation ahead of Black locals during a rescue operation following an attack in March by an armed group known locally as al-Shabab on the Mozambican town of Palma, according to Amnesty International. In a report compiled from interviews with 11 Black survivors, Amnesty on Thursday charged that even dogs were pulled to safety before Black people by a helicopter that airlifted civilians from a hotel where they had sought refuge. “White contractors [were]...

In a report compiled from interviews with 11 black survivors, it charged that even dogs were pulled to safety ahead of black people by a helicopter that airlifted civilians from a hotel where they had sought refuge.

Daily Monitor Friday May 14 2021 People evacuated from the city of Palma arrive on an humanitarian flight at the airport in Pemba on March 31, 2021. PHOTO/ AFP Summary Twelve decapitated bodies were found strewn in front of the hotel days after the attack, according to the army and private security sources. Advertisement White people were given preferential treatment for evacuation in a March air rescue when Mozambiques Palma town was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, rights group Amnest...

Adrians wife and three children have been left without an income. "We trying to raise the money to keep them in the schools and would also like to send them to university both me and my brother never got the opportunity and that was the one thing he was really strong about was his kids gotta go to university." Nel estimates about 25,000 people are still in Palma without supplies, and he wants to help them. "When we left there we hadnt eaten for five days when we evacuated its now been almost 20...

Isle of Wight Radio 6:00pm - Midnight Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Mozambique: Stark pictures tell horrifying tale of three days under terrorist fire Pictures shared with Sky News, taken by survivors of the Palma terror attack in Mozambique, give a graphic illustration of a terrifying three days under fire, surrounded by insurgents. Nearly 200 people - including foreign workers - took refuge in one of the towns hotels at the end of last month. But s...

CBS News How one man died saving his father and brother from an ISIS siege in Mozambique Johannesburg - ISIS claimed responsibility for the bloody siege on a town in the east African nation of Mozambique last week that forced tens of thousands of people to flee the area, and left dozens dead. The assault lasted almost a week, with heavily armed insurgents violently taking control of the northern port town of Palma. Many foreign nationals working on natural gas projects in the region were killed...

Facebook A R1 million fundraiser was set up for the South African contractor killed by insurgents in northern Mozambique recently.  Adrian Nel was a commercial diver, but Covid-19 travel restrictions forced him to take a job in constructing workers accommodation camps.  His memorial service is expected to take place in about two weeks time, his family said.  The family of the South African contractor killed by insurgents in northern Mozambique are hoping to raise R1 million to support his wi...