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Displaced Mozambicans gather in a camp in the countrys Cabo Delgado province in this 2019 photo. Residents in northern Mozambique, a region rich in natural gas deposits, have been grappling with an Islamist insurgency since 2017. (CNS/Alessandro Grassani/Courtesy of AVSI Foundation) Sitting on a narrow bench and squashed between her two children in Nampula, Mozambique, Stella Miguel lamented that the government soldiers did not come to protect her family when Islamist militan...

Susan Njanji METUGE, MOZAMBIQUE (AFP) – Twice a week, dozens of Mozambican children gather under the shade of a big mango tree for what looks at first glance like a community play date. But they are not there for fun, rather for solace and healing after witnessing shocking atrocities committed by extremists in the north of the country over the past three years. Mental health workers ask the children – some of them chubby toddlers who look outwardly happy – to draw anything that comes to m...

Mosambik hat die EU dringend um militärische Hilfe im Kampf gegen den islamistischen Terror im Land gebeten. Doch Brüssel hält sich bislang zurück. Und Berlin lehnt die Entsendung von Soldaten strikt ab. Das bringt ein wichtiges Projekt in Gefahr.

Supporting the dignity of menstruating women and girls displaced by conflict in Mozambique Format PEMBA, Mozambique—The day that the violent conflict began in Palma on March 24, Rosina* left her home and fled into the bush – and was caught off guard by her period. “This was a very challenging moment as I was not carrying anything that could help me manage my menstruation with dignity,” she said. “I had to isolate myself for five days as I had a heavy flow. I used the nearby beach and ...

The East African Tuesday May 25 2021 A general view of a main street in Palma District, in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique. PHOTO | WFP | AFP Advertisement A constant nervous smile on Julia Franciscos face masks the anguish of fleeing extremist militants roaming northern Mozambique, then giving birth on a boat sailing in rough Indian ocean waters. Relieved to be now safe in Pemba, the capital city of northern Cabe Delgado province, the 21-year-old mother sat under a makeshift shelter at Paqui...

Dozens of Mozambican children gather under the shade of a big mango tree in Metuges resettlement village. Twice a week aid workers help the displaced children forget the horrors of the war that rages in the countrys Northern Province of Cabo Delgado. After witnessing the atrocities committed by Islamic State linked jihadists , many of them suffer from heavy trauma. Drawing helps them escape the harsh reality of the conflict. Mental health workers ask the children -- some of them chubby toddl...

Six weeks after it was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, the northern Mozambican town of Palma remains deeply traumatised and hundreds of its residents flee each day, survivors and aid workers say. The insurgents swooped on the coastal town on March 24, killing dozens of people and triggering an exodus that included workers on a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The raids marked a major intensification in an insurgency that has wreaked havoc across Cabo Delgado pr...

Supporting the dignity of menstruating women and girls displaced by conflict in Mozambique News 24 May 2021 © UNFPA Mozambique PEMBA, Mozambique—The day that the violent conflict began in Palma on March 24, Rosina* left her home and fled into the bush – and was caught off guard by her period. “This was a very challenging moment as I was not carrying anything that could help me manage my menstruation with dignity,” she said. “I had to isolate myself for five days as I had a heavy flow...

Attacks by jihadists in the north of Mozambique have terrorised the population, who have been forced to flee the violence. Many Mozambicans have opened their homes to accommodate the displaced, but h…

Two months after Palma raid, Mozambique survivors still on run The scramble to escape Quitunda still rages on. Private fishing boats charge the equivalent of between $50 and $80 per trip to Pemba -- a cripplingly steep fare for the countrys most impoverished region. People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on 1 April 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coasts of Palma. More than a ...