The UN has warned that nearly 100,000 people, including more than 60,000 children, have been forced to move due to 'attacks and fear of attacks' in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
The UN has warned that nearly 100,000 people, including more than 60,000 children, have been forced to move due to"attacks and fear of attacks" in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The Southern African nation has been grappling with violence caused by"non-state armed groups" in the region since 2017- as well as the adverse impacts of the climate emergency - forcing the dispacement of 1.2 million people.
An underreported conflict in northern Mozambique has displaced hundreds of thousands of families, who continue to struggle to find food, shelter and security. The local militia on Thursday rescued an unspecified number of children who had been abducted by Islamist terrorists while they were in… The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the restive Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique following a recent surge… The National Assembly approved Wednesday the extension of the Angolan military mission in the ambit of the SADC Standby Force task in Mozambique, for further three months. Southern Africa is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change.