In a statement released on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) claimed that 57, 034 people, or 13, 343 families, had been displaced as a result of the escalating attacks that started on July 20.
More than 42, 000 people were forced to live in Chire, with the majority of them children, according to the IOM, making it the hardest-hit area.
According to Paola Emerson, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), “a total of 30 000 displaced people have received food, water, shelter, and essential household items.”
In the upcoming days, OCHA, according to Emerson, will increase its assistance. In light of the United States and other nations’ cuts to international aid, she said, “The response, however, is not yet at the scale required to meet growing needs.”
She continued, “Life-saving aid is being reduced due to funding cuts.” Only 19% of the pledges have been made so far for the UN’s 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan for Mozambique.
The organization added that involuntary relocations, as well as the lack of safety and documentation, were contributing to the protection risks.
The Southern African country has been fighting a rebellion in the north for at least eight years against a group known as al-Shabab,  , despite having no connections to the Somali fighters of the same name. Mozambique is being helped by Rwandan soldiers.
According to conflict tracking service ACLED, more than 6 100 people have died since the start of the insurrection, including 364 last year, according to data from the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.
The French company Total Energies suspended operations in Cabo Delgado in 2021 because of its significant offshore natural gas reserves. The $ 20 billion gas project will be re-ignited this summer, according to the French fossil fuel giant.
Source: Aljazeera
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