Mozambique: Number affected by armed violence in Cabo Delgado rises to 162,000

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Mozambique: Number affected by armed violence in Cabo Delgado rises to 162,000

3:12 CAT | 21 Apr 2020

Photo: TVM

The number of people affected by armed violence in Cabo Delgado has risen from 152,000 to 162,000, an official source said yesterday.

According to a National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) report on the humanitarian situation in the province, “most of those affected are located in the districts of Macomia (29,000), Mocímboa da Praia (26,000) and Quissanga (15,000)”, with the rest distributed over 14 other districts.

Of the 162,000 affected, 40,000 left areas considered at risk further north in the province and are receiving humanitarian assistance in the city of Pemba, the provincial capital.

The World Food Program (WFP) plans to assist more than 84,000 people in the districts of Ibo, Macomia, Mocímboa da Praia, Nangade, Palma, Quissanga, Mueda and Metuge.

According to INGC, humanitarian assistance in the region is necessary for a minimum period of six months, together with “mobilising additional resources to stabilise the lives of internally displaced persons”.

The latest figures for February estimated the number of people affected by the armed insurgency against government forces since October 2017 at 156,000. The rise announced yesterday thus adds around 6,000 people to the February numbers.

TVM meanwhile reports that the total number of people facing food insecurity in Mozambique currently stands at two million, with Gaza province worst affected, at 270,000 people, followed by Inhambane and Maputo provinces.

Source: Lusa