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More than 670,000 people displaced due to conflict, says UNHCR - Anadolu Agency

Cabo Delgado | Mozambique Protection Cluster – Palma Flash Update #1 (5 April 2021) Format Thousands of individuals in Palma are still in need of access to safer areas. Reports indicate difficulties in accessing to asylum and refoulement of Mozambicans. Emergency Protection Units (EPUs) activated, combining joint action of members of the cluster to rapidly support urgent needs. PROTECTION CONTEXT The recent attacks by Non-State Armed Groups (NSAG) to Palma has severely affected the local popu...

The town in northern Mozambique that fighters linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group attacked late last month is now secure after the military killed a significant number of fighters and cleared one final area, an army spokesman and a provincial official said. Commander Chongo Vidigal, leader of military operations to regain control of Palma, told state television TVM on Monday the area was now “safe”, although he stopped short of declaring that the army had regained complete control. “The airfi...

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Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Emergency Situation, Flash Update #2, 4 April 2021 Format Overview Following the violent attacks conducted by Non-State Armed Groups on 24 March, close to 10,000 people fled from Palma, in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique, as of 2 April 2021 (source: IOM/DTM). Displaced families are fleeing by land and sea to the districts of Nangade, Mueda, Montepuez and Pemba, and the majority (67 per cent) are hosted by relatives and friends. Due to insecurity in Palma during the pa...

(Adds detail on Total facilities, provincial official, context) MAPUTO, April 5 (Reuters) - The town in northern Mozambique that Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked late last month is now secure after the military killed a significant number of militants and cleared one final area, an army spokesman and a provincial official said. "We have completed the clearing (of the town). It was the only sensitive area that we needed to clear. ... It is completely safe," army spokesman Chongo Vidigal ...

April 5, 2021 Share The spectre of Jihadist violence has now completely infiltrated the shores of Africa. The Jihadist violence in Africa is now not confined to North and West of Africa, but has reached the Southern part of the continent. The new theatre of Jihadist violence in Africa is Mozambique, located on the South-East Coast of the continent. Groups claiming allegiance to the Islamic State have popped up in the country and have unleashed a reign of unabated Jihadist terror leading...

Pemba has seen its population swell by almost three quarters thanks to terrorist attacks and Cyclone Kenneth

BBC News Published image captionThousands of people have fled the coastal town following the outbreak of conflict Mozambiques military says it has regained full control of the coastal town of Palma, more than a week after it was raided by militant Islamists. A "significant" number of militants were killed in the counter-offensive, an army spokesman said. State radio reported that residents who had fled were starting to return - some to homes that were looted. Dozens of civilians were killed a...

Stories ricocheted around the world of how tourists and contractors at the Total liquefied natural gas (LNG) project took shelter at a nearby hotel; how some had made a disastrous dash for freedom, were ambushed and died before they were rescued. Horrendous as they are, these stories should also draw attention to a greater tragedy that affects millions of people in Mozambique’s poorest province.  One person who spoke to Maverick Citizen pointed out “most of the rescue missions focused on ...