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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the humanitarian consequences of the rapid escalation of violence in northern Mozambique, where some

UNHCR This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A displaced mother and her children fetch water in Intele IDP site in Montepuez District, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. © UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the humanitarian consequences of the rapid escalation of violence in northern Mozambique, where some 30,000 peopl...

IOM’s Emergency Director in Mozambique: Communities Uprooted by Recent Violence in Palma Require Greater Support Format IOM’s Director for Operations and Emergencies listens to communities affected by the recent violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. © Sandra Black/IOM Pemba – Nearly 30,500 people displaced by recent violence in northern Mozambique face increased hardship as the humanitarian situation intensifies across Cabo Delgado province. Funds are urgently needed to respond ...

UN: 30,000 People Have Fled Recent Attacks in Northern Mozambique Voice of America 01 May 2021, 05:05 GMT+10 GENEVA - U.N. agencies say the number of people who have fled last months armed attacks in northern Mozambiques coastal town of Palma has now risen to nearly 30,500. Most of those who have fled Palma have gone to Pemba, the capital of northern Mozambiques Cabo Delgado province. The U.N. refugee agency said dozens of people reportedly have been killed by Islamist militants who began their...

Nearly 30,000 people displaced by March attacks in northern Mozambique Format A displaced mother and her children fetch water in Intele IDP site in Montepuez District, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. © UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at todays press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the humanitarian consequences of the rapid es...

Posted:  Pemba – Nearly  30,500 people displaced by recent violence in northern Mozambique face increased hardship as the humanitarian situation intensifies across Cabo Delgado province. Funds are urgently needed to respond to the emergency, which has displaced nearly 700,000 since the onset of violence in October 2017. IOM’s Director of Operations and Emergencies, Jeff Labovitz, visited Mozambique this week to express condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the recen...

The World Bank on Wednesday granted $100 million for an emergency recovery project in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by a jihadist insurgency. An agreement for the funding - part of a three-year $700-million project - was signed by the government and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) which oversees the project. Gas-rich Cabo Delgado province has been battered by a bloody jihadist insurgency since 2017 by a group known locally ...

28 April 2021 14:23 GMT Updated  29 April 2021 8:41 GMT in  London Mozambique’s government will not decide today on whether to accept a plan by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deploy 2916 military personnel to tackle the Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado, after a key meeting was postponed. French supermajor Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion Mozambique LNG on 26 April because of the insurgency and said nothing will change until the government ...

The East African Thursday April 29 2021 People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on April 1, 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coast of Palma, Mozambique. PHOTO | AFP Summary Islamic State-linked militants launched attacks on the northeastern coastal town of Palma on March 24, ransacked buildings and beheaded civilians. WFP says the conflict continues to drive hunger in northern Mozambique as more than 950,000 people now face severe hunger. Advertisement Mozambique...

World Bank injects $100m into troubled northern Mozambique An agreement for the funding - part of a three-year $700-million project - was signed by the government and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) which oversees the project. 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 1,000 people evacua...