Mozambique: 325 families from Mocímboa da Praia arrive in Mueda – Administrator

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Mozambique: 325 families from Mocímboa da Praia arrive in Mueda – Administrator

9:17 CAT | 24 Sep 2025

"We have had 325 families arrive, totalling 879 people. We’ve experienced some constraints in registering [displaced people]. So, they enter but they don’t go to the resettlement center," said Mueda Administrator, Atanásio Amba, quoted today by the media. [Screengrab: TVM]

At least 325 families have taken refuge in Mueda in recent days following a new attack by alleged terrorists in the town of Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, according to Mueda district administrator Atanásio Amba.

“We have had 325 families arrive, totalling 879 people. We’ve experienced some constraints in registering [displaced people]. So, they enter but they don’t go to the resettlement center,” said Atanásio Amba, quoted today by the media.

Four people were killed on Sunday night by alleged terrorists on the outskirts of the town of Mocímboa da Praia, and another person was kidnapped. This occurred in the same neighbourhood where five others were murdered two weeks earlier, local sources told Lusa.

The citizen kidnapped on Sunday was later released after his family paid a ransom, according to the administrator of Mocímboa da Praia, Sérgio Cipriano, cited by O País.

According to the Mueda administrator, the region is currently experiencing difficulties in providing basic necessities for the displaced population.

“We’ve been facing water and sanitation problems, for example. There has been a need for slabs for the construction of improved latrines,” Amba added.

The administrator of Mocímboa da Praia, Sérgio Cipriano, acknowledged local concern on Monday about increased insecurity in that Cabo Delgado district, following a new attack by alleged terrorists that left four dead.

“Our biggest concern is the increased insecurity. Right now, life is flowing, but not with so many smiles (…). There’s some concern, some anguish, especially among civil servants, but we’re working,” said Sérgio Cipriano, quoted by local media.

By the end of July, attacks by terrorist groups in southern Cabo Delgado had already displaced more than 57,000 people in the Chiúre district, according to previous official data.

Cabo Delgado province has seen a resurgence of attacks by rebel groups since July, with the districts of Chiúre, Muidumbe, Quissanga, Ancuabe, Meluco, and, more recently, Mocímboa da Praia being targeted.

In 2024 alone, at least 349 people died in attacks in northern Mozambique, most of them claimed by the extremist group Islamic State — a 36% increase over the previous year, according to a study released by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), an academic institution of the U.S. Department of Defence.