here in pemba channel, there are so many. unfortunately, for years they have been overfishing, so the discovery of this area could be a game changer. they will turn this area to be their home. we are 10—20 metres down so the light is a little bit lower than i would like but it is immediately obvious to me that the reef is in great shape. the coral is abundant and it is crawling with life. i have done a lot of diving around the world and seen a lot of unhealthy coral, with the exception of the reefs around indonesia, this is the most impressive i have seen. wow! it is really nice. yes, really nice. there is so much coral. yes! now, it has been identified, the next step is how best to protect it, notjust from the climate but from fishing and tourism. so lots of fish, lots of coral, but no spinner dolphins. this place is very special, newly discovered, and because i guess it is quite sensitive, would you expect tourists to be able to visit here? yep. actually we would like to share the beauty of this place with the rest of the

here in pemba channel, there are so many. unfortunately, for years they have been overfishing, so the discovery of this area could be a game changer. they will turn this area to be their home. we're 10 to 20 metres down so the light is a little bit lower than i would like but it is immediately obvious to me that the reef is in great shape. the coral is abundant and it is crawling with life. i have done a lot of diving around the world and seen a lot of unhealthy coral, with the exception of the reefs around indonesia, this is the most impressive i have seen. wow! it is really nice. yes, really nice. there is so much coral. yes! now, it has been identified, the next step is how best to protect it, notjust from the climate but from fishing and tourism. so lots of fish, lots of coral, but no spinner dolphins. this place is very special, newly discovered, and because i guess it is quite sensitive, would you expect tourists to be able to visit here? yep. actually we would like to share the beauty of this place with the rest of the

we understand from humanitarian organisations and diplomatic sources on the ground in the city of pemba that hundreds of people that had been stranded in the town of palma have managed to make it to safety. now this has been a desperate operation that has been carried out by civilians. we have had a mixture of vessels, from ships to cargo ships, boats as well, even just people's personal boats that they've used to travel all the way up to palma, risk their own lives to try and get people from this town that has been overrun by islamists. some of the people that have made it to safety, we understand, are workers from international companies that had been working at this massive gas project close to palma. they have also made it to safety, but we haven't had confirmation from these companies. you talk about a massive civilian effort here. what's the government doing? well, we are yet to hear from the government. it's been several days since they made a public statement. they promised to make one on sunday evening. but, really, what people tell us is there has been a lack of presence of au

a scenario where relatives of those who worked in palma are packing outsi thep ort in -- t port in pemba, waiting to see if their relatives will come off the ships from palma. it is not the first time a similar episode happened. whenever a group like this attacks a village and kills people, the govnment cannot account for civilians. whenever they see civilians having to go and hide, it should not be like this. the government should be responsible not only for security but also to make sure that in conflicts like this, people find sety, find shelter, find food and return to their homes once conditions are better for safety. monte: thank you so much for your time tonight. zenaida: thank you. monte: three members of ivory coast security forces are dead following an attack on the country's order. islamic militants are respected to be behind the red. they have long warned that the -- the raid. they have long warned that there would be a raid in the ivory coast. nine soldiers were killed in the same area of the attack last year. a former belarusian mercenary and two soldiers are being tried. 1

and families have been trying to find out news about their loved ones in the nearby port of pemba thousands began arriving there on monday off to fleeing the violence for many of their relatives it is an anxious wait. do not read i'm looking for a young man i need your help with communication to locate my son. all i've had no contact with my family since wednesday my wife my sons my mother brothers. we don't have information what i really wish for is to have my cousin back but i don't have information on my phone and for more on the story in mozambique i'm now joined by jasmine often mentioned as a security analyst for the u.s. based agency on conflicts location and event states a project africa is her focus region welcome to date every news africa jasmine what are your sources telling you about how things are unfolding in palma at this point in time good afternoon to you or us and you sorry. at this point in time your viewers must be careful to accept media reports as fact the east county operations state glaze of by the government security forces it tells us operations which means it will

time if a creation plan roads a vessel taking about 2000 people from palm to the regional capital of pemba half of them staff. but it seems that thousands are still stuck in the city they don't get out south african media houses reports of dozens of people have been killed already at least one south african apparently a convoy of cars tried to get out of a hotel and was ambushed by the terrorists but again we have very little information at this point it is speculated that many people are still even stuck in this very hotel but it is so difficult to get information you said it's to phone networks have been down since wednesday the government only confirm that there is an attack but they do not give any further information and they also don't allow journalists to go to this area. can you give us a big picture perspective what exactly is happening in mozambique right now. so the local people that call the group al shabab although they have nothing to do with the group of the same name. they have basically started a very similar and then insurgency that we saw in northeastern nigeria with you

hundreds of locals and foreigners have been evacuated and some of them arrived in the port city of pemba nearly 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela's military is carrying out an operation against an armed group near the border that a somber m.p. .

and families have been trying to find out news about their loved ones in the nearby port of pemba thousands began arriving there on monday off to fleeing the violence for many of their relatives it is an anxious wait. you never read i'm looking for a young man i need your help with communication to locate my son. all part of i had no contact with my family since wednesday my wife my sons my mother my brothers. we don't have information what i really wish for is to have my cousin back but i don't have information on my phone and for more on the story in mozambique them now joined by jasmine often mentioned as a security analyst for the u.s. based agency conflicts location and event stays a project africa is her focus region welcome to day to every news africa jasmine what are your sources telling you about how things are unfolding in palma this point in time and good afternoon to your u.s. and you sorry. at this point in time you will be us must be careful to accept media reports as fact the east county operations state glaze over by the government security forces each house to house operati

survivors of what authorities are calling an islamised attack ever arrived in the provincial capital pemba they were evacuated from power by land and sea militants are keeping the town under siege french energy group hotel is building a multi-billion dollar gas project there. our correspondent adrian krishna was in mozambique before the latest fighting began and is following these events from cape town what more do we know about the attack at this point. michael and us than that 5 things that are still ongoing but at the same time if equation plans are with roads a vessel taking about 2000 people from palm to the regional capital of. them stuff. but it seems that thousands are still stuck in the city they don't get out south african media houses reports of dozens of people have been killed already at least one south african apparently a convoy of cars tried to get out of a hotel and was ambushed by the terrorists but again we have very little information at this point it is speculated that many people even stuck in this very hotel but it is so difficult to get information you said it's to

survivors of one authorities are calling an islamist attack have arrived in the provincial capital pemba and they were moved from palau by land and sea militants are in control of the town french energy company total is building a multi-billion dollar gas facility that. correspondent agent krish was in mozambique before the latest fighting began and is following those developments from cape town so what more do you know about this attack and is the government giving up control of its territory well as far as we know fights are still ongoing as evacuation attempts as you mentioned today vessels arrived in penned by the provincial capital that took about 2000 people from the fighting area mainly stuff off the company to a towel of the oil company so a lot of people are still stuck in high line and the south african media reports that dozens were killed already doing the attacks and at least one south african as well on friday it appears that a lot of people tried to flee from a hotel in a convoy and there were members by the militants so at least one of them was killed but up until this po

support the government forces with attack helicopters seen here leaving their air base in the city of pemba amnesty's report documents dozens of witnesses who say they fired machine guns and grenades indiscriminately into crowds of people the company's founder lionel dyke responded saying the company would hire outside lawyers to look into its activities in mozambique. this video analyzed and verified by amnesty last year appears to show members of mozambican armed forces killing a woman. just one of what amnesty says a widespread abuses by government forces become and hasn't responded to requests for comment in the past it's blamed the armed group when it's been accused of atrocities none of its soldiers have been held to account everyone is acting really a really imperial mean each diamond barry is. all asian or human rights there is the involved should be in. the armed group pledged allegiance to the islamic state 2 years ago it's not clear if it received much foreign support but the local grievances behind the conflict are clear the people of cabo delgado have been neglected for generat

hundreds of locals and foreigners have since been evacuated some of them arrived in the port city of pemba well dr alex vines is the managing director of the risk ethics and resilience for chatham house says africa program he says mozambique's problems.

site yet and families have been trying to find out news about their loved ones in the nearby port of pemba thousands began arriving there on monday off to fleeing the violence for many of their relatives it is an anxious wait. you never read i'm looking for a young man i need your help with communication to locate my son. all part of no contact with my family since wednesday my wife my sons my mother brothers. we don't have information what i really wish for is to have my cousin back but i don't have information for my phone and for more on the story in mozambique them now joined by jasmine often mentioned as a security analyst for the u.s. based agency conflicts location and event states a project africa is to focus region welcome to day to every news africa jasmine what are your sources telling you about how things are unfolding in palma this point in a good afternoon to your u.s. and you sorry. at this point in time your viewers must be careful to accept media reports as fact the east county operations state glaze of by the government security forces each house to house operations which

now say in the port city of pemba people who survived the attack on palmer say the unlucky to be alive anxious relatives and friends have been waiting for them to arrive fighting between mozambique's army and an armed group that calls itself al-shabaab has been going on for days in parma. missing there's no communication there workers left guards. trucks missions i don't know what. they came just with. south african adrian was killed trying to escape the father of 3 was traveling in a convoy which was ambushed by the armed group his father and brother hit his body in the bush until they were able to make it to safety. and then every bar and another way. to. get it while. on monday i saw claimed responsibility for the attack on palmer commodore garda province in northern mozambique is where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but has been wracked with violence. i don't think that was a big defeat the insurgency that we are seeing in modern muslim because most in government has managed to do so nigeria. i don't know how many times richard was a big it has not

hiding in hundreds of locals and foreigners have since been evacuated some arrived in the port city of pemba nearly 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela's military is carrying out an operation against an armed group that near the border at a summit rump yes he has the latest from our keyset in colombia on the border with venezuela the people here are getting ready for another. 18 shelters that have been set.

group his father and brother hid his body in the bush until they were able to make it to safety in pemba. and then they're very barren. that way. we were it's just such. a joy. to. work. on monday i still claimed responsibility for the attack on palma commodore got a province in northern mozambique is where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but has been wracked with violence. i don't think that was a big kind of defeat the insurgency that we are seeing in modern muslim because no single government has managed to do so nigeria will be i don't know how many times richard and was a big it has still not been able to. eliminate. it has to not been able to eliminate the surges the niger delta region so i think we shouldn't dream that mozambique. can find is the mission to what is probably going to as evacuations continue security forces say they are trying to secure parma the exact number of people killed injured and unaccounted for is still unknown e.-man a 10 workers warn the numbers will rise as fighting continues in parts of northern lights and the. out of th

hundreds of locals and foreigners have since been evacuated some of them arrived in the port city of pemba nearly 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela as military is carrying out an operation against an armed group near the border asunder m.p.'s he has the latest from in colombia on that border with venezuela. the people here are getting ready for another night in the wind 18 shelters that have been set up in the town of out i would keep an eye on other town and other towns along the membrane elsewhere border as more people are arriving daily fleeing the fighting that continues and venezuelan sides people here are sharing 4 stories of abuses on parts they say of venezuela's security forces and gypsy media say efforts to refer to a container ship blocking the suez canal on pause until more tugboat paos in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given lodged itself and that waterway and the blockage is having a devastating effect on an already oil straps area which has now begun rationing fuel more violence has been repor

now say in the port city of pemba people who survived the attack on palmer say the unlucky to be alive anxious relatives and friends have been waiting for them to arrive fighting between mozambique's army and an armed group that calls itself has been going on for days in parma. missing there's no communication because i left because i left the combine trucks. i don't know what i lived here i came just. south african adrian was killed trying to escape the father of 3 was traveling in a convoy which was ambushed by the armed group his father and brother hit his body in the bush until they were able to make it to safety in. and then the very. another way. on monday i still claim responsibility for the attack on parma commodore got a province in northern missouri and baek is where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but has been wracked with violence i don't think there was a big kind of defeats the insurgency that we are seeing in. because no single government has managed to do so nigeria will be i don't know how many times richard was a big it has to not been

on the gas projects and as you've heard some people have managed to escape to the provincial capital pemba. monitoring developments from harare in neighboring zimbabwe. we're hearing that several of those birds have started arriving in parma someone who will be coming to days home becoming the couple of hours from now and they'll be taking people aside will be evacuated to the provincial capital we also want to get an idea of what's been happening the last few days because now people are able to talk about the experiences they say that this attack the fighting started wednesday afternoon armed groups entered palmer from different locations it seems it was some kind of coordinated attack they say that the attack happened literally hours off the french company to a tall and now it is resuming operations in the area so some analysts are saying that maybe this attack could be linked to that announcement but there is another theory they say the place had been relatively peaceful and so humanitarian workers were able to come in and bring in food and medicines for the area there is a theory that

fleeing from an islamist rebel advance in north—east mozambique, have reached safety in the port of pemba, after being rescued by ships and boats. security forces say dozens of people have been killed in the attack on palma further north. an is—linked islamist group has been fighting the government in northeast mozambique for 3 years. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, catherine byaruhanga, reports. a desperate journey for many who had been trapped in the far northeastern corner of mozambique. on the gangway you can see some of the people who've finally made it to safety. civilians risk their lives to charter boats and ships for the rescue mission in parma. but many are still missing. she is worried for her brother is safety. and describes this as a horrible in unfair situation. live rounds and mortar shells have been let loose in parma since wednesday. local islamist linked to isis to have wage a brutal insurgency in this region sense 2017. it's people already terrorised by the violence had to fleet once again. eye witnesses describe seeing dead bodies, some of them beheaded on roadsid

support the government forces with attack helicopters seen here leaving their air base in the city of pemba amnesty's report documents dozens of witnesses who say they fired machine guns and grenades indiscriminately into crowds of people the company's founder lionel dyke responded saying the company would hire outside lawyers to look into its activities in mozambique. this video analyzed and verified by amnesty last year appears to show members of mozambican armed forces killing a woman. just one of what amnesty says a widespread abuses by government forces become and hasn't responded to requests for comment in the past it's blamed the armed group when it's been accused of atrocities none of its soldiers have been held to account everyone is acting. really impunity each time he is very poor. human rights there is the involved should be. the armed group pledged allegiance to the islamic state 2 years ago it's not clear if it receives much foreign support but the local grievances behind the conflict are clear the people of capital gado have been neglected for generations long before the conf

coming into shore to rescue those escaping the fighting and taking them to the provincial capital of pemba however tasa has more from harare in neighboring zimbabwe. well communication in. getting information that we can verify independently is still difficult but what we know so far from officials in the towns of this heavy attack happened wednesday afternoon armed groups into the town from different directions it seems like this was a coordinated attack they targeted a bank they targeted a business center and then they also went and targeted other areas within the actual town people in the town and in a nearby village fled into a bush in the area some people mainly mozambican v.i.p.'s and foreigners holed up in a hotel there we told us some of them have since been evacuated the attack happened literally hours after the french company to tell announced that is using gas operations there because things have been relatively quiet so there's a theory that the attack could have something to do with that for the other theory that is just because of being quiet for a while humanitarian workers

support the government forces with attack helicopters seen here leaving their air base in the city of pemba amnesty's report documents dozens of witnesses who say they fired machine guns and grenades indiscriminately into crowds of people the company's founder lionel dyke responded saying the company would hire outside lawyers to look into its activities in mozambique. this video analyzed and verified by amnesty last year appears to show members of mozambican armed forces killing a woman. just one of what amnesty says a widespread abuses by government forces become and hasn't responded to requests for comment in the past it's blamed the armed group when it's been accused of atrocities none of its soldiers have been held to account everyone is acting really a real team be you and me each time day. or all asian or human rights there is the involved should be in. the armed group pledged allegiance to the islamic state 2 years ago it's not clear if it received much foreign support but deep local grievances behind the conflict are clear the people of cabo delgado have been neglected for generati

there are reports of boats taking those escaping the fighting to the provincial capital pemba but as the conflict continues the knights of nations is warning of even more internal displacement. and. so had an al-jazeera scientists in qatar find a coronavirus mutation that could potentially return a false negative. and energy from the east alan ancient chinese martial art is finding its way into iran's public spaces. interactivity in northern china can sometimes be pretty vicious this is another sound storm that went through beijing that unwinding frontal system was the reason but it's all going through now and the sand is dropping the wind is dropping and the system is going off into the western pacific so having taken rain through japan is now leaving sunshine behind which is true all about through northern china further south more or less the yangtze valley southwards we are seeing rain develop this is early signs the spring round i think and the orange tops here was suggest it's turning heavy it's not everywhere but you can see for less where it is should do that too hung it as ye

fleeing from an islamist rebel advance in north—east mozambique have reached safety in the port of pemba after being rescued by ships and boats. security forces say dozens of people have been killed in the attack on palma further north. an islamist group linked to isis has been fighting the government in northeast of mozambique for three years. the bbc�*s africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga reports. a desperate journey for many who had been trapped in the far northeastern corner of mozambique. on the gangway you can see some of the people who've finally made it to safety. civilians risk their lives to charter boats and ships for the rescue mission in parma. but many are still missing. she is worried for her brother is safety. and describes this as a horrible in unfair situation. describes this as a horrible in unfairsituation. live describes this as a horrible in unfair situation. live rounds and mortar shells have been let loose in parma since wednesday. local islamist link to isis to have wage a brutal insurgency in this region sense 2017. it's people already terrorised by the

captured the town of home over the weekend they've been using boats to reach the provincial capital pemba through dozens of people were killed in coordinated to harvest attacks aid agencies say up to $10000.00 people are waiting to be evacuated to safety from the economically important town which is home to a multi-billion dollar gas project. defense ministry says it's working to restore normality as if their. security forces reinforced their operational strategy to contain the terrorists criminal attacks and restore normality in parma . then. carried out of aeration actions and the last 3 days focused primarily on the rescue of hundreds of national and foreign citizens protection of citizens and their property. from a photo i'm now joined by my child oh she's with the africa division at human rights watch miss machado thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us you know the situation on the ground very well what can you tell us about why this is happening now thank you so much for having me why the parma now is just a call nation of several attacks that took place over the pas

victims are 7 civilians ambushed as they fled the hotel some who escaped have arrived at the port city of pemba the 5000 people have fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia the military is carrying out an operation against an armed group near the border. foreign companies are being warned not to mix business with politics if they want to continue operating in china a growing number of western retail giants are facing a boycott in china for expressing concern over alleged use of we go forced labor to produce cotton. and national civil rights leaders in the us are calling for justice for george floyd they held a press or was alongside his family just hours before the start of director of a murder trial before that minneapolis police officer is accused of killing mr floyd last may. chile's president says he'll ask congress to propose next month's election because of a surge in create a virus cases sebastian pinera wants the vote for an assembly to write a new constitution to be moved to may now there's been a new wave of covert $1000.00 infections across the country tho

hundreds of locals and foreigners have since been evacuated some of them arrived in the port city of pemba dr alex vines is the managing director of the risk ethics and resilience for chatham house says africa program he says mozambique's problems are affecting the broader southern africa region. this is a watershed moment it's a step further in deterioration of what's been happening in couple decoders since 2017 to be honest the situation really deteriorated in the province of the northern districts of kabul to go. at the beginning of last year and although the early this year things seem to have the pace of conflict seem to have slowed down and it looked as if the government was getting a bit of a better grip on the security situation clearly that was just temporary the united states government a couple of weeks ago labeled al shabaab a foreign terrorist organization if t.o. but interestingly the one name that they named in it what the one named person is that tanzania and and so i think viewers of algae serious should see this not just as a mozambican problem but regional one it involve

site yet and families have been trying to find out news about their loved ones in the nearby port of pemba thousands began arriving there on monday off to fleeing the violence for many of their relatives it is an anxious wait. you need i'm looking for a young man i need your help with communication to locate my son. no contact with my family since wednesday my wife my sons my mother brothers. we don't have information what i really wish for is to have my cousin back but i don't have information on my phone and for more on the story in mozambique i'm now joined by jasmine often mentioned as a security analyst for the u.s. based agency conflicts location and event state of project africa is a focus region welcome to day to every news africa jasmine what are your sources telling you about how things are unfolding in palma this point in time and good afternoon to your u.s. and you sorry. at this point in time your viewers must be careful to accept media reports as fact the east county operations state. of by the government security forces each house to house operations which means it will take

extrajudicial killings there are reports of boats taking those escaping the fighting to the provincial capital pemba but as the conflict continues the united nations is warning of even more internal displacement . jazzier. sudan's transitional government has signed a deal with a key rebel group agreeing to a permanent ceasefire the government signed the juba peace agreement with the sudan people's liberation movement promising to work together and stop fighting it also opens the possibility of the rebel force being integrated into the national military the group was one of 2 that didn't sign up to a peace deal last year. the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is to meet this week other foreign ministers representing the global coalition to defeat isis their goal is to review efforts to ensure what washington calls the enduring defeat of eisel this comes as the un has warned that it's trying to regroup in syria in an interview with al-jazeera the u.n. special envoy to the country cited worrying signs of a resurgence in the desert diplomatic editor james baines reports. they created their own dif

after being trapped for days survivors were able to leave and were taken to the provincial capital pemba on sunday parma was considered a safe haven with 70000 displaced people living there before the attack her with will join us from harare right now in neighboring zimbabwe what are you hearing about the situation in mozambique. we're hearing that several of those birds have started arriving in parma some of them will be coming to days when we come in the couple of hours from now and they'll be taking people so you'll be evacuated to the provincial capital we now sign to get an idea of what's been happening the last few days because now people are able to talk about the experiences they say that this attack the fighting started wednesday afternoon armed groups into from different locations it seems it was some kind of coordinated attack they say that the attack happened literally hours after the french company to atol announces resuming operations in the area so some analysts are saying that maybe this attack could be linked to that announcement but there's not another theory they say t

now safe in the port city of pemba people who survived the attack on palmer say the unlucky to be alive anxious relatives and friends have been waiting for them to arrive fighting between mozambique's army and an armed group that calls itself al-shabaab has been going on for days in parma. missing there's no communication because i left because i live to combine trucks. i don't know what i lived i came just. south african adrian was killed trying to escape the father of 3 was traveling in a convoy which was ambushed by the armed group his father and brother hid his body in the bush until they were able to make it to safety. and then every bar and. that way. on monday eisel claimed responsibility for the attack on parma commodore got a province in northern mozambique is where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but has been wracked with violence i don't think there was a big kind of defeats the insurgency that we are seeing in. mozambique because no single government has managed to do so nigeria will be i don't know how many times richard and was a big it has

now say in the port city of pemba people who survived the attack on palmer say the unlucky to be alive anxious relatives and friends have been waiting for them to arrive fighting between mozambique's army and an armed group that calls itself has been going on for days in parma. missing there's no communication there workers left guards they left they come by on trucks machines i don't know what a little they came just with these clothes south african adrian was killed trying to escape the father of 3 was traveling in a convoy which was ambushed by the group his father and brother hid his body in the bush until they were able to make a to safety. and then a very. in an acceptable way. we were just loving joyful and. it's good that while. we're. on monday i still claim responsibility for the attack on palmer commodore got a province in northern missouri and beak is where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but has been wracked with violence i don't think that mozambique trying to defeat the insurgency that we are seeing in modern muslim because most in govern

survivors from the siege in palma arrived in the port city of pemba just along the coast since wednesday when an armed group launched its attack kampala communications have been down and many families are still waiting to hear what's happened to their loved ones are you going to see it the situation of losing someone it's hard he don't know where this person is he can't reach them or do what condition they're in this is horrible and it's destabilize humanity it's really not fair. this is the only footage that has emerged from inside the hotel we're up to 200 people have reportedly taken refuge in the town of palma remains under siege for a 5th day by an armed group hundreds of people have attempted to flee the town running into forests in nearby villages and this was all new to me we don't know how we will get out of here if we can get to the see if we'll be rescued by who they are helicopters flying over the hotel they take you to see if we can reach the beach to get a boat out but as you can hear we don't know if it's possible the situation is critical we have no food just water with g

boats coming into shore to rescue those escaping the fighting and taking them to the provincial capital pemba well how to assess joining us now from karachi in neighboring zimbabwe what more do we know about what's going on in palma. well communication in parma is still down so getting information that we can verify independently is still difficult but what we know so far from officials in the town is that this area tech happened wednesday off to noon armed groups into the town from different directions it seems like this was a coordinated attack they targeted a bank they targeted a business center and then they also went and targeted other areas within the actual town people in the town and in a nearby village slid into a bush in the area some people mainly mozambican v.i.p.'s and foreigners holed up in a hotel there we told that some of them have since been evacuated the attack happened literally hours after the french company to tell announced that is using gas operations there because things have been relatively quiet so there's a theory that the attack could have something to do with tha

support the government forces with attack helicopters seen here leaving their air base in the city of pemba amnesty's report documents dozens of witnesses who say they fired machine guns and grenades indiscriminately into crowds of people the company's founder lionel dyke responded saying the company would hire outside lawyers to look into its activities in mozambique. this video analyzed and verified by amnesty last year appears to show members of mozambican armed forces killing a woman. just one of what amnesty says a widespread abuses by government forces become and hasn't responded to requests for comment in the past it's blamed the armed group when it's been accused of atrocities none of its soldiers have been held to account everyone is acting. to imbue i mean the each time there is a report or asian or human rights there is the involved should be. the armed group pledged allegiance to the islamic state 2 years ago it's not clear if it receives much foreign support but the local grievances behind the conflict are clear the people of cabo delgado have been neglected for generations sin