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A family rests at a displacement center in Pemba, Mozambique, April 2, 2021, after fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State-linked insurgents on the town of Palma. (CNS photo/Emidio Jozine, Reuters) Religious extremism is taking a toll on the Catholic community in Mozambique. Churches have been razed and there are communities where parishioners live displaced and deserted as a result of the ongoing armed conflict in the country. The fight over natural resources in northern Mozambique has been...

Mozambique - Update, Cabo Delgado Situation, 2 – 15 April 2021 Format As of 15 April, over 20,0001 people from Palma are forcibly displaced, in the aftermath of Non-State Armed Group (NSAG) attacks on 24 March. They fled to the districts of Nangade, Mueda, Montepuez and Pemba by land, foot, air and sea. This is in addition to the nearly 700,000 already displaced in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala and Zambezia as a result of violence and insecurity in Cabo Delgado. UNHCR...

Project: REDE-EDUCAMA (Disaster Reduction and Education in Cabo Delgado and Manica) Location: Pemba with regular travels to projects areas and Chimoio and Maputo office Type of contract: a first 3 (three) month collaboration contract subject to verification of the achievement of specific objectives (these objectives will be agreed together with the Country Representative upon arrival on assignment); a second collaboration contract of 9 (nine) months renewable, following the positive evaluation ...

Can Mozambique Defend Its Crucial Gas Assets? By Viktor Katona - Apr 21, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT Mozambique has been rightly considered one of the most promising new frontiers of gas production in the world, the Rovuma Basin that is located along the border of Tanzania and Mozambique is assumed to hold up to 150 TCf and most of it in Mozambican territorial waters. Yet before our very eyes Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, home to the Mozambique LNG project and potentially many more, i...

Apr 21 2021, 4:11 PM April 21 2021, 10:30 AM April 21 2021, 4:11 PM (Bloomberg) -- (Bloomberg) -- Mozambican businesses looking to cash in on Africa’s biggest private investment are facing disaster after an attack by Islamic State-linked militants on a town close to Total SE’s $20 billion natural gas export project. The French oil major has begun terminating business with at least some contractors working at the project site in Palma in northeastern Mozambique, according to letters ...

Helping others brings solace to displaced mother in Cabo Delgado As displacement driven by violence soars in northern Mozambique, civilians caught up in the crisis display resilience and solidarity in the face of adversity. Maria (in yellow) with her daughters and other family members at a transit centre in Pemba, Mozambique. © UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira By Francesca Fontanini in Pemba, Mozambique  |  20 April 2021 Twice, Maria has been forced to flee her home. In March 2020 she escaped t...

40,000 displaced in north Mozambique after assault on Palma ANDREW MELDRUM and TOM BOWKER, By Associated Press April 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Displaced children attend a class in one of the educational centers set up by a local NGO in Pemba, Mozambique, after they fled attacks in Palma in Northern Mozambique, Monday April 19, 2021. The damage caused by Mozambiques extremist rebels in their deadly assault on the northeastern town of Palma continues to be assessed. More th...

Helping others brings solace to displaced mother in Cabo Delgado Format Maria (left) at a transit centre in Pemba for Mozambicans displaced by attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado province. © UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira As displacement driven by violence soars in northern Mozambique, civilians caught up in the crisis display resilience and solidarity in the face of adversity. By Francesca Fontanini in Pemba, Mozambique | 20 April 2021 Twice, Maria has been forced to flee her home. In March 2020 she es...

Last Updated: Thousands Displaced By Mozambique Violence Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes following attacks in Mozambique, and the number is continuing to rise, the United Nations has warned. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes following attacks in Mozambique, and the number is continuing to rise, the United Nations has warned. According to the UNs High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) almost 700,000 people, mainly women...

Prolonged violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique is now escalating. During a daily briefing on April 8 th, United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the U.N. and its partners are following new reports of violations against civilians in northern Mozambique “with deep concern.” The U.N. is especially concerned about civilians who had to flee and who have remained in the city of Palma, Dujarric said. Mozambique has seen violence since October 2018, but the Assessment Capacities Pr...