UN warns nearly a million face hunger in Mozambique after terror attack World Food Programme says surge of displaced people from northern Mozambique has worsened food shortages 13 April 2021 - 18:21 Emma Thomasson and Emma Rumney Displaced women sit on mats at a refugee centre in Pemba, Mozambique, April 2 2021. Picture: REUTERS/EMIDIO JOZINE Geneva — Almost 1-million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the UN food agency said on Tuesday. Islamic State-linked insurgents in March attacked Palma, a town in Cabo Delgado province next to gas projects under development by companies including Total and Exxon.