PEMBA, April 1 - A boat carrying more than 1,000 survivors of a highly organised, deadly attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in northern Mozambique arrived in the port of Pemba on Thursday, a Reuters reporter and a diplomatic source said.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2 816 908 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

More than 8 100 people have reached safety outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it was besieged by jihadists, the UN has said, as thousands of others remained stranded.

British journalist Tom Bowker, who has had a base in Mozambique for six-and-a-half years, believes his reporting on the conflict in the country, and not bureaucracy, was behind his recent deportation and the decision to bar him for 10 years.

Niger thwarted an "attempted coup" the government said, two days before the historic inauguration of Mohamed Bazoum as president of the unstable Sahel nation.

More than 5 000 people have reached safety outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it was besieged by jihadists, the UN says, as thousands remained stranded.

A deadly assault by Islamic State-linked militants in Mozambique could delay plans by Total to build a massive liquefied natural gas facility, analysts warn, although the project is still likely to go forward.

A deadly assault by Islamic State-linked militants in Mozambique could delay plans by Total to build a massive liquefied natural gas facility, analysts warn, although the project is still likely to go forward.

At least 27 ships rerouted while the Suez Canal was blocked. Since the canal was reopened on Monday, that may prove the wrong call.

The United States has vowed to support Mozambique after a prolonged deadly assault on the northern town of Palma by Islamic State-linked militants waging an escalating insurgency.

Russian officials capitalized on the canal's blockage to tout the Northern Sea Route, which Moscow wants to develop into a major shipping corridor.

Portugal will send soldiers to Mozambique to help train the armed forces in its former colony, where authorities battling an Islamist insurgency searched for tens of thousands of civilians who fled an onslaught on the northern coastal gas town of Pal...

Tanzanian police have announced that 45 people had died during a stampede in Dar es Salaam on 21 March as mourners paid their last respects to the late president John Magufuli.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2 792 586 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

Portugal is set to send around 60 troops to its former colony Mozambique following an attack by Islamic State-linked jihadists on a key northern town, Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has said.

An attack on the northern Mozambique town of Palma, where dozens were killed and thousands displaced, may show the increasing 'brazenness' of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country, a US official has said.

The United States has vowed to support Mozambique after a prolonged deadly assault on the key northern town of Palma by Islamic State-linked militants waging an escalating insurgency.

Dozens of people were said to have been killed in a raid by Islamist militants in Mozambique, as an upsurge of violence threatens billions of dollars worth of energy projects in one of Africa’s poorest nations.

Islamic State said on Monday its fighters had carried out an attack on the Mozambique town of Palma, where dozens were killed, thousands displaced and some remain missing.

The key northern Mozambique town of Palma was all but deserted on Monday, its residents fleeing by road, boat or on foot as the Islamic State group claimed control after a prolonged onslaught.