i am eddie michael jr welcome to the program we start off with the latest islamist insurgency on the continent northing was on baek the country's president calls the situation there a war and his defense minister says it's tense fluid when describing about what islamist militants to regain control of a key port in the northern province of kabul delgado the militants seized the ports on town simbo out the pie on wednesday after fighting running battles with was on beeks defense forces the militants linked to islamic state have been staging attacks in the region since 2017 spots of efforts to mean crease to influence that the area is also the site of an international project worth billions of dollars the attacks have intensified in recent months around a quarter of a 1000000 people have been displaced by the violence more than $1500.00 have been killed. these people fled the town or most in both in northern. most were wearing only the clothes on their backs. they ran to escape an attack on the town by the islamist militants at the end of july. many said the insurgents showed no mercy.