Quirimbas Archipelago and Ibo Island, a Heritage Coast Caught in the Cabo Delgado War
North of Pemba, a chain of about 32 coral islands runs up the coast of Cabo Delgado towards the Tanzanian border. These are the Quirimbas: mangrove channels, reefs, sandbanks and old trading towns, settled by Swahili merchants for centuries before the Portuguese arrived. In…