In what might be considered the culmination of years of failure by Mozambique and its regional partners, and to absolutely no-one’s surprise that has been vaguely following developments in the country’s northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, Islamist extremist insurgents brazenly attacked the town of Palma last Wednesday.

The attack, which looks to have exceeded all prior levels of brazenness, can still not be fully evaluated as dozens of locals and expatriates are still unaccounted for and feared dead. ..

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