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2:41 CAT | 01 Dec 2020
Photo: IOM Mozambique
Mozambican authorities hope to build about 100 new villages for people displaced by armed violence in northern Mozambique in the near future, secretary of state for the province of Cabo Delgado has announced.
“We want to ensure that conditions in these new villages are better than those in the places they came from,” said Armindo Ngunga, quoted by Radio Mozambique on Monday.
According to the Secretary of State for Cabo Delgado, the new villages, whose deadlines and budgets are still unknown, will have all the basic services, with the basic model including homes, schools, leisure spaces and hospitals.
“So far, what we are doing is encouraging people, who have already started building houses in their new regions, and are enthusiastic,” Armindo Ngunga added, reinforcing calls for humanitarian aid from international partners.
Displacement continues due to insecurity in #CaboDelgado northern #Mozambique.
More than 45,000 individuals fled Muidumbe district in the past month; some newly displaced, others again forced to flee. Needs reported: food, shelter, household items.https://t.co/fYMrG0frhO pic.twitter.com/Q1AvhJCsX3— IOM Mozambique (@IOM_Mozambique) November 28, 2020
Armed violence in Cabo Delgado has been going on for three years, and is causing a humanitarian crisis with around 2,000 killed and 500,000 people displaced, without adequate housing or food, mainly to the provincial capital, Pemba.
Source: Lusa
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