Internally displaced persons wait in line at a UN World Food Program distribution point in northern Mozambique. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga / AFP
Thousands of people fled into surrounding forest when Islamic State-linked militants launched attacks on the northeastern town of Palma on March 24, ransacking buildings and beheading civilians. “UNHCR is concerned with reports of families prevented from seeking asylum and/or being forcibly returned from Tanzania,” the agency said in a statement.Insurgents have been battering Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado province since 2017.Dozens were killed, including at least two foreigners, although officials have yet to announce a final death toll.
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