Dozens of people were still unaccounted for Sunday following a deadly Islamist attack on Mozambique's northern town of Palma, while thousands of survivors were being evacuated to the provincial capital Pemba, various sources said. A boat that left Afungi on Saturday landed in Pemba around midday, according to police patrolling the city port. According to a source close to the rescue operation, there were "about 1 400" people on board. A South African worker was killed in the Palma violence, according to a government source in his native country. The embassy announced earlier this month that American military personnel will spend two months training soldiers in Mozambique.

Source: News 24 March 28, 2021 16:18 UTC