More carnage coming in Moz, plus five highlights from ‘Vrye Weekblad’ Here’s what’s hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 02 April 2021 - 08:16 By TimesLIVE People wait for friends and relatives as a ship carrying more than 1,000 people fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State-linked insurgents on the town of Palma, docks in Pemba, Mozambique, on April 1. Image: REUTERS/EMIDIO JOZINE
The attack on the town of Pemba in northern Mozambique is a significant change in the strategy of Islamic insurgents. And experts warn that it is a catastrophe for the entire region.
Another round of bloody attacks is expected after insurgents looted more than 80 vehicles, including petrol tankers, during the attack on Pemba. A suspected 1,000 people were left dead. Many were decapitated. The insurgents probably also got their hands on cash in attacks on three international banks, seized 90 tonnes of food from the World Food Programme, an