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Fighting in Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado region forces 22,000 to flee amid health collapse, UN warns

Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month amid renewed fighting across Cabo Delgado, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday (October 7). The ...
Newsday

Islamic State-linked fighters displace over 46,000 people in northern Mozambique, UN says

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Attacks by insurgents in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province displaced more than 46,000 people in the space of eight days last month, the United Nations migration ...
Human Rights Watch

Mozambique: Armed Group’s Child Abductions Surge in North

(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has ramped up abductions of children in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch said today. Most of the ...
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Expanding War Displaced 72,000 in Cabo Delgado in Just 3 Weeks, Plus 40,000 in a New Move into Nampula

There has been a major escalation of the Cabo Delgado insurgency in the past month, with insurgent activity in 12 Cabo Delgado districts and a major push south into Memba in Nampula province. In ...
Religion News Service

As child abductions rise in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, churches serve as safe spaces

MAPUTO, Mozambique (RNS) — In the remote villages of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, fear seems constant. Families say they no longer sleep through the night, children jump at the sound of ...
Newsweek

More Than 30 Christians Beheaded, Church Burned Down: Report

More than 30 Christians were beheaded in Mozambique last month, with churches and homes burned down, according to a new report. The Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP), an affiliate of Islamic ...