Mozambique: Quissanga Attacked As Insurgency Escalates

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgents this morning occupied Quissanga, which is just 60 km by air and 120 km by road north of Pemba. (Lusa 25 Mar) It had been clear since the attack on Bilibiza on 29 January that insurgents were aiming at Quissanga, and there have been repeated attacks in the N380-Bilibiza-Quissango corridor. (This newsletter 467, 31 Jan 2020, and 472, 17 March 2020; A map of the area is available. Quissanga is an important local port providing links to Ibo and other Islands, as well as for shipping cargo north.