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The Price of Our Gas
Photographer: Francesco Bellina – Cesura
Journalist: Stefano Liberti
In northern Mozambique, in the province of Cabo Delgado, a violent insurrection against the central government has been underway since 2017. Calling themselves al-Shabaab, the rebels are demanding a more equitable distribution of the proceeds of mineral wealth. In five and a half years the conflict has caused more than 4,000 deaths and one million displaced.
Between visits to refugee camps, meetings with self-proclaimed militias and interviews with experts, the text-photo report recounts the effects of the war, reconstructing the motivations and the role played by the international companies that came to extract gas in the African country.