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Mix of Islamist insurgency and energy windfall proves toxic to Mozambique
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Mix of Islamist insurgency and energy windfall proves toxic to Mozambique
Eden must have been like this: endless stretches of white sand, azure sea, pristine coral in a thousand colours that no artist ever imagined.  Then, one summer morning in 2015, the red stain of violent death spread across the small village of Pangane, near the Mercado De Peixe fish market. Exactly how it began isn’t clear, but young Islamist radicals demanding a ban on alcohol brawled with police; an officer was stabbed. For years, Islamist activists calling themselves al-Shabaab, or ‘The Youth’ had been demanding the imposition of shari’a law; until then, no-one had taken them seriously. ....

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