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Palma: There is a shortage of transport – Pinnacle News report
4:20 CAT | 26 Apr 2021
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The desire of individuals and families to leave Palma district increases with each passing day, Pinnacle News reports.
However, no means of transportation is currently available. Those that used to exist, have practically all already been redeployed outside the district in the days following the March 24 assault on the town.
The sea route and the use of sailing boats has been banned by the Lacustrine Police, and those who need to visit Palma, usually from Pemba, must have good justification.
The terrestrial route, passing through Phundanhar, is feared to be an insurgent corridor.
The current way out of Palma has been to enter Tanzania and then pass along the Rovuma River, re-entering Mozambique at Ntambaswara (Negomano) and from there heading, via Mueda, to any final destination.
So, for those who survived or had taken refuge in the woods and want to move to safe refuge, escaping Palma is a second martyrdom.
The photograph above was taken in the village of Quitunda, in Palma, which hosts a significant part of those fleeing the war.
Many Palma residents are now fleeing because of the sound of weapons being discharged in the night, associated in some minds with a renewed arrival of insurgents.
It should be noted that an insurgent source has reportedly announced that there will be no attack during Ramadan.
Source: Pinnacle News
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