Portugal to send 60 troops to Mozambique after Islamist insurgents attack Palma
The nation is battling an insurgency that has displaced tens of thousands of civilians and spawned the deadly attack on northern coastal gas town of Palma
30 March 2021 - 17:56
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 said. Some waded out to sea to hide, one survivor said. ..
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