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The complaint centers on alleged abuses committed between July and September 2021 by soldiers belonging to a joint task force (JTF) that was deployed to protect the Cabo Delgado gas site. The JTF, paid by TotalEnergies under an agreement with the government, was made up of Mozambican armed forces, with the alleged actions taking place following a jihadi attack on the site that led to operations being suspended there.

On a sweltering Saturday afternoon in Maputo, people line up at refreshment stands dotted around a conference venue hosting Mozambique's biggest annual trade fair. But zipping between them in jeans and a black T-shirt a tray of drinks in hand one young woman is trying a different tack. Ludmila Malambe, tasty and nutritious, announces the branding on her shirt, written in Portuguese below an illustration of a cup of baobab fruit juice.

Ismael, 13, and his brother Estebao, 10, recount their abduction by armed members of the ISIL affiliate in Mozambique, emphasizing the traumatic impact it had on them. They were seized from their village while playing, increasing concerns about the rise of child abductions in the Cabo Delgado region.