Support for Palma refugees repatriated by Tanzania finally reaches Negomano – MediaFAX

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Support for Palma refugees repatriated by Tanzania finally reaches Negomano – MediaFAX

8:05 CAT | 11 Jun 2021

FILE . Illustrative photo. [File photo: DW]

Residents of Palma forced out of their homes by the March 23 terrorist attack and repatriated by Tanzania to the border region of Negomano, Mueda district, Cabo Delgado province, have finally started receiving food support from the World Program Food (WFP).

Negomano has been one of the last parts of the province to receive support, but food aid including rice, cooking oil and peas, has been arriving for just over two weeks now. Local sources continue however to report an environment of real destitution and vulnerability.

The Tanzanian authorities do not want Mozambicans to take up residence there, even in the border area of Ntambaswala, but have been allowing the displaced to cross the so-called Unity Bridge between Negomano and Ntambaswala to shop in the local market.

MediaFAX has also received news that the district government has been allocating land in the Eduardo Mondlane and Idovo neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Mueda for the displaced to erect tents and practice small-scale agriculture.

A land allocation ceremony was led by the district permanent secretary, Albertino Manamba, but the nearly derelict Mueda Sports Club continues to serve as a reception and transit point for the displaced, who continue to arrive in the district.

Source: MediaFAX