Mozambique: Assailants Create Panic in Cabo Delgado

Maputo — A group of masked assailants, armed with machetes, have been creating fear and panic among motorists travelling on the road between Silva Macua and Pemba city, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

According to Monday’s issue of the independent newsheet “Carta de Moçambique’, in recent days, especially at night, these individuals set up barricades and, taking advantage of the potholes along the road, force vehicles to stop. They then threaten and steal goods such as…