Mozambique: Almost 2,100 IDPs in Niassa - UNHCR
More than 2,000 displaced by military crisis and drought in central Mozambique
1:30 CAT | 17 Aug 2016
Folha de Maputo (File photo)
A total of 2,372 displaced people are living in three accommodation centres as a result of the political and military crisis and drought in the centre of the country.
According to Lusa, the National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC) says a total of 2,372 people receive basic assistance, and points to drought and the military confrontation between the FDS and Renamo as the major causes.
Ana Cristina, director of Prevention and Mitigation at the INGC, says that the affected people are currently staying in accommodation centres in the Gondola, Báruè and Mossurize districts of Manica province, which were activated more than two months ago within the framework of assistance strategies to populations affected by the drought, which has left more than 1.5 million Mozambicans living with food insecurity.
The Mussurize accommodation centre houses the largest number of victims, totalling 1,611, followed by Báruè with 646 and Gondola with 115.
Source: Folha de Maputo
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