The group’s most spectacular attack was on Palma, a once-sleepy coastal town, that was being transformed into a hub for a burgeoning gas industry. It lies 10km (six miles) away from a liquified gas plant, operated by the French energy giant Total, worth $20bn (£14.5bn) – Africa’s biggest foreign investment project – which is now on hold.
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The BBC visits the colleagues of the arrested journalist, Roman Protesevich
Wed May 26 , 2021
Roman Protesevich, the journalist arrested off the diverted Ryan Air flight, is described a personal enemy of President Lukashenko. How did he become such a target for Belarus’ regime? The 26-year-old was the news editor of the enormously successful opposition news channel Nexta during the height of last summer’s mass […]
