As many as 60 people – mostly foreign citizens – are unaccounted for following a deadly ambush on their convoy by Islamist militants in northern Mozambique. A few hundred foreign workers from South Africa, Britain and France sought refuge at hotels that quickly became targets for attacks – an estimated 200 foreign workers were believed to be in the Hotel Amarula alone. One convoy was hit in an ambush almost as soon as it had left the Amarula hotel. In those seven vehicles that made it through were seven confirmed killed. Among those in the evacuation convoy are understood to be many foreign workers as well as Mozambicans.

Source: The Guardian March 28, 2021 19:27 UTC