before they left, muanassa went back to check on their home.ed for the shore to flee by boat. with little food or water, the 400—kilometre journey was a huge risk. ancha went into labour in the middle of the sea. back at the amarula, the convoy was preparing to leave. low on fuel and losing daylight, dag says they were unable to give the cars air cover. we just went as fast as we could. about two or three kilometres out on that road to tanzania, we got hit by the first ambush. the guy that was driving, they shot his glasses off his head. that's how close the bullet was to killing him. probably about, uh, five kilometres further, we got hit by another ambush. my brother, he got hit, just was shouting, "i'm hit. i can't drive. somebody else needs to take over." and i was just shouting to him, "i love you." we pushed him to the back. um, where my dad was holding him and holding his wounds to stop the blood. and i started to drive and i was just shouting back, use another pack. put it in the — put it in the wound. just before the quarry was — were

muanassa and her grandaughter joined thousands who fled the area by doubt, but out at sea her granddaughterleast one british national and a south african man were killed. they were no reports on how many mozambicans died here. translation: my family had already given up on me. i he is relieved to be alive, but stuck in at the capital without a job. he said he would still go back to palma so he can provide for his family. more than 700,000 people have been displaced by the islamist insurgency in northern mozambique. there are very few places and there are still considered safe in cabo delgado, and as the insurgents spread their grip across the region, this will no longer be an isolated crisis, but one that affects the rest of mozambique and its neighbours. the government has agreed to accept troops from its allies in southern africa, who are worried thatjihadism could take hold in the region. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, cabo delgado. the new leader of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland, sirjeffrey donaldson, has only been in the position for a matter of hours, but he is al