The smell of gas: insurgency in Mozambique

<p>In a province that is home to a massive natural-gas project, a long-simmering insurgency has burst into horrific violence; we ask why the government <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/03/18/america-designates-a-new-branch-of-islamic-state-in-mozambique?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">seems to have lost control</a>. Our correspondent visits Minneapolis, where the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd <a href="https://espresso.economist.com/2255538166d2e6f3c6097c2c4df4e0be?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">goes on trial</a> today. And the existential threat to a bird that has forgotten <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/03/17/extinction-looms-for-a-bird-that-has-forgotten-how-to-sing?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how to sing love songs</a>.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>