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Southern Africa: South African Military Company Will Not Extend Contract with Mozambique
Daily Maverick, 31 March 2021
The South African private military company credited with saving many lives during a major attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in the northern Mozambican town of Palma over… Read more »
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South Africa: Body of South African Killed in Mozambique Attack Repatriated
SAnews.gov.za, 31 March 2021
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has expressed gratitude to the Mozambican government for the assistance provided to South African citizens… Read more »
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Mozambique: Thousands Will Flee Cabo Delgado Violence, Predicts UN
allAfrica, 30 March 2021
United Nations alarmed at Cabo Delgado ‘horror’ in Mozambique Read more »
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Mozambique: Portugal Mobilises Military to Fight Mozambique's Militants
RFI, 30 March 2021
Portugal will send a team of 60 troops to former colony Mozambique after an attack by an Islamic State-linked jihadist group against a northern town, the country's minister of… Read more »
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Mozambique: Islamic State Claims Attack On Palma, and Uses Fake Photo
AIM, 30 March 2021
The international terrorist network calling itself "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack against the town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Between 10 and 15 South Africans Still Missing in Palma Attacks
Daily Maverick, 30 March 2021
Pretoria has accounted for 43 of the South Africans caught up in the major insurgent assault on the northern Mozambique town of Palma over the past few days -- but 10 to 15… Read more »
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Mozambique: Mozambican Forces Fighting to Drive Back Terrorists
AIM, 29 March 2021
The Mozambican defence and security forces launched an offensive on Sunday against Islamic State terrorists in the northern town of Palma, reports Sunday's issue of the independent… Read more »
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Mozambique: The 'Million-Dollar Question' - Who are Cabo Delgado's Insurgents?
DW, 29 March 2021
In just three years, an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique has killed an estimated 2,600 people. Last week's attack on the town of Palma, which lasted days, should worry… Read more »
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Mozambique: 'Let's Pray for our Brothers in Palma' Where the Situation is Dramatic
Agenzia Fides, 29 March 2021
At least 7 victims are among the people who fled from the Amerula Hotel in a convoy that was attacked, in an ambush, by armed terrorists. This was announced by a spokesman for the… Read more »
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Unicef, 29 March 2021
"We still do not know the full impact that the deadly militant attack in Palma, northern Mozambique, has had on children, but we fear that it will be brutal. Read more »
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Mozambique: Dozens Dead After Series of Attacks in Northern Mozambique
RFI, 29 March 2021
Dozens of people were killed in coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government said on Sunday, four days after the raid forced the evacuation of… Read more »
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Mozambique: Volunteer Ships Help to Evacuate 1,000 From Palma After Insurgent Attack
Daily Maverick, 28 March 2021
Many South Africans, some contractors working on the construction of the French Total energy company's Afungi liquid natural gas processing plant, were caught up in the violence… Read more »
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Mozambique: Insurgents Kill Many Civilians in Town Near Gas Project
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 28 March 2021
For the first time, insurgents are specifically attacking foreigners in the on-going fighting in Palma. Details remain sketchy, but at least a dozen British, South African… Read more »
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Mozambique: Protect Residents Fleeing Northern Town
HRW, 28 March 2021
ISIS-Linked Armed Group Attacks Civilians in Palma Read more »
Gunfire in Mozambique Continues After Deadly Palma Attacks
Mozambican forces are fighting to drive back insurgents after dozens of people were killed in attacks in the northern Mozambique province of Palma. Human Rights Watch has called on authorities to take urgent measures to protect civilians fleeing the violence in northern Cabo Delgado province. One South African was killed and as many as 15 are still missing, the Daily Maverick reports.
The attacks occurred after French energy giant Total announced that work would gradually resume at a liquified natural gas project in the region. Total is the principal investor in the region, with other firms such as ExxonMobil also involved in the area. Districts in Northern Cabo Delgado have been the centre of fighting between government forces and the armed Islamist group since October 2017. According to the US-based data collecting agency Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), the violence has caused the death of more than 2,600 people. Half of those killed have been civilians.
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Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, have warned of the urgent need to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, ... Read more »
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