Mozambique rebels 'capture key port'

After days of heavy fighting in northern Mozambique, there are reports that rebels, linked to the so-called Islamic State group, have captured a key port.

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has said the offer for reparations made by Germany for mass killings in its then colony was "not acceptable". German troops killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people between 1904 to 1908 in response to an anti-colonial uprising.

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(Photo: a man walks by the main entrance to the city in Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique. Credit: Getty Images)