A local militia called the Naparama emerged last year to fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado, rooted in an infamous predecessor of the same name, which formed in the late 1980s to fight on the Frelimo side of the Mozambican civil war

At least 14 fighters of the local militia known as ‘Naparama’ were killed in a clash with insurgents around the village of Iba in Meluco district on Tuesday. Four insurgents were also killed

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Five fighters in a local militia in southern Cabo Delgado known as the Naparama, were ambushed and beheaded by insurgents on Tuesday near Nairoto in Montepuez district, Cabo Delgado province