Mozambique gas town - The African Mirror

Apr

2021

Boat carries 1,200 survivors to safety

EMIDIO JOZINE and EMMA RUMNEY A boat carrying 1,200 survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in northern Mozambique reached safety in the port of Pemba on Thursday, some of them crying on arrival after spending days hiding in the bush. Aid workers were at the crowded port to give food to those disembarking from the green and white ferry, while police and soldiers kept control of crowds of people excited to see relatives rescued during the attack that began last week in Palma, a Reuters reporter at the port said. Many people were believed to have scattered…

Apr

2021

By The African Mirror

Thousands find refuge after Moz attack

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THOUSANDS of people fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State have made their way to safety elsewhere in northern Mozambique, aid workers said, while a small group of victims arrived by boat in neighbouring Tanzania. Insurgents hit the coastal town of Palma, adjacent to gas projects worth $60 billion, with a three-pronged attack last Wednesday. Fighting continued as recently as Tuesday, security sources involved in rescue efforts and the United Nations said. Reuters has not been able to independently verify the accounts from Palma. Most communications to the town were cut last Wednesday. A U.N. spokesman said that so far…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Thousands displaced by violence in Mozambique gas town

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MANUEL MUCARI PORTUGAL will send soldiers to Mozambique to help train the armed forces in its former colony, where authorities battling an Islamist insurgency searched for tens of thousands of civilians who fled an onslaught on the northern coastal gas town of Palma. Many of those fleeing are believed to have scattered into dense surrounding forest or to have attempted to escape by boat when Palma came under attack on Wednesday, aid workers told Reuters. Some waded out to sea to hide, one survivor told Reuters. Mozambique's government has confirmed dozens of deaths, including at least seven who died when…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Islamic State claims deadly attack on Moz town

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ISLAMIC State has formally claimed an attack on the northern Mozambique gas town of Palma, in which dozens of people, including foreign workers, were killed. The group made the claim on its Amaq news agency, saying its fighters had taken control of the town after days of clashes with security forces and said it had killed at least 55 people including soldiers, destroyed buildings and seized vehicles. The government confirmed on Sunday that dozens of people had been killed in the attack on Palma, adjacent to gas developments worth $60 billion, which began on Wednesday. They included at least one…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Dozens killed in besieged Mozambique gas town

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DOZENS of people were killed in an attack on the northern Mozambique town of Palma this week, a spokesman for the country's defence and security forces said, including seven people when a convoy of cars was ambushed in an escape attempt. Hundreds of other people, both local and foreigners, have been rescued from the town, next to gas projects worth $60 billion, Omar Saranga told journalists on Sunday. A British contractor was among the dead, killed when suspected Islamist insurgents attacked his hotel compound, The Times reported earlier. Hundreds of people fleeing the attack are arriving by boat in the…