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EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

by Andrew Meldrum
| April 4, 2021 12:12 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency and threats to its multibillion-dollar investments.

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