Was the 2021 attack on Palma the world's second worst terrorist massacre?
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">In this edition of the Zitamar Podcast, </span><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Zitamar News</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> editor Tom Bowker talks to </span><a href="https://www.alex-perry.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Alex Perry</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, the British journalist whose </span><a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/attack-amarula-hotel-palma-mozambique-africa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">reporting of the siege of the Amarula</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> during the attack on Palma in 2021 won him a major journalism award, and led him to carry out his own survey into exactly how many people were killed as insurgents rampaged through the town. He </span><a href="https://www.alex-perry.com/palma-massacre/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">found that some 1,400 were dead or still missing</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, two years later; and his figures have now </span><a href="https://www.zitamar.com/new-fatality-estimate-for-the-2021-attack-on-palma-mozambique/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">largely been endorsed by ACLED</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, Zitamar's partner on the </span><a href="www.caboligado.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Cabo Ligado</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> project. He tells us how the survey came about, how it was conducted, and discusses whether TotalEnergies should bear any responsibility for the tragedy — and if so, whether the company can ever be held accountable.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">In part two, Zitamar Podcast host and producer Tom Raine talks to Zitamar collaborator Tavares Cebola about recent developments in contemporary culture in Mozambique — including the rise in electronic music, the Azgo Festival coming up in May, and new theatre productions in central Mozambique.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Sign up to receive Zitamar's daily and weekly newsletters at </span><a href="http://www.zitamar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">www.zitamar.com</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, where you can also become a paying subscriber to receive access to all our breaking and archived news content, and the indispensable Zitamar Daily Briefing.</span></p>
