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Destroyed houses are seen in the recently attacked village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia, on August 24, 2019. On August 1, the inhabitants of Aldeia da Paz joined the long list of victims of a faceless Islamist group that has been sowing death and terror for nearly two years in the north of the country.
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