Terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, intensify. The latest records account for at least half a million displaced persons.
To try to respond to the situation, the United Nations is launching a new humanitarian plan to raise approximately 208 million euros. The biggest challenge is that in the last few months the situation of insecurity has increased a lot, and is causing an extreme increase in displacement. We have gone from 90,000 displaced people in early 2020 to more than half a million now, Myrta Kaulard - United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mozambique said.
According to the UN resident coordinator in Mozambique, the rainy season aggravates the risk situation of refugees in Pemba province