Podcast: The Slow Newscast (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Left to die - episode 1
Pub date: 2021-06-23

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First of a three-part series about the March 2021 attack on Palma, northern Mozambique, by Islamist militants. As well as its permanent residents, the town also contained foreign contract workers, there to build a gas plant nearby. Two hundred civilians were trapped in a hotel, waiting for a rescue by the security forces that never came. Dramatic in substance, yet measured in tone

In March, Islamist militants attacked the town of Palma, in northern Mozambique – the site of a $20bn gas project. They besieged a hotel, where more than 200 civilians were taking shelter, waiting to be rescued. But help never came. In our new three-part series, we investigate why these men, women and children were abandoned.

Ep1: An Islamist insurgency hits. Nick and Wes, two South African contractors, race to the Amarula Hotel. Over three horrifying days, it becomes clear: no one is coming to help.

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