Insurgents launch attacks in Mozambique

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ISLAMIST insurgents this week invaded Quissanga, a coastal town in Mozambique's restive Cabo Delgado province, home to the country's huge liquefied natural gas developments. The assault on Wednesday morning came just two days after insurgents swept into Mocimboa da Praia in an attack subsequently claimed by Islamic State (IS). Portugal's Lusa news agency, citing residents, said armed groups attacked the district headquarters town of Quissanga, causing widespread population flight. Lusa reported that, since the early hours of Wednesday, part of the coastal town's population has been fleeing by boat and on foot to the Quirimbas archipelago, chiefly to the island of Ibo, 14 kilometres away, while other people were attempting to walk to Pemba.