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Civilians caught between rival forces in Mozambique

For three years, violence in Mozambique's north has been escalating, with attacks by Al-Shabaab insurgents displacing a quarter of the population. DW correspondent Adrian Kriesch visited the Metuge refugee camp, where he heard harrowing stories.

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