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LISTEN | SA paramilitary force accused of atrocities in Mozambique

Firm hired to quell insurgency is killing civilians - Amnesty

07 March 2021 - 00:02 By graeme hosken

Nothing was off-limits. Homes, a hospital, cemeteries and even schools were allegedly targeted with bombs and machine-guns by South African private security contractors hired by the Mozambique government to help quell a deadly Islamic insurgency, according to a damning Amnesty International (AI) report released this week...

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