Mozambique city overwhelmed by people fleeing Islamist violence
Refugees put severe strain on Pemba’s infrastructure
05 April 2021 - 15:58
Pemba — Peter N’Guila used to have no trouble supporting his family of three on his consultant’s salary. But since Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked a northern Mozambique gas hub town last month, he has seven more mouths to feed.
Hundreds fleeing continued hostilities in Palma have been pouring into Pemba, a port city about 250km to the south already bursting with those displaced by previous rounds of Islamist violence and a deadly cyclone in 2019...
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