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Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day

by Andrew Meldrum
| March 30, 2021 12:06 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rebels fought the Mozambican army Sunday for the fifth straight day for control of the strategic northern town of Palma, as reports came in that dozens of civilians have been killed and bodies were littering the streets. The fate of scores of foreign energy workers was also unknown.

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