LISBON,
Portugal
Humanitarian aid from Portugal and Italy, begins to arrive in Mozambique to support the populations affected by the conflict in Cabo Delgado. The first of three planned flights landed on Saturday.
The
Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation called for
the involvement of the other European Union member states.
"This
attitude of Portugal and Italy to take the initial step is very important
because we would like it to mobilize other member states to do the same. It is
very important that other European and non-European states join us in this
effort to help the populations of Mozambique, especially in the Cabo Delgado
area", Francisco André said.
The people
of Cabo Delgado province, terrorized for more than three years by extremists,
are living a dramatic situation.
"There
are no basic conditions of survival: food, shelters and other types of basic
needs that are necessary to have a decent life", said António Supeia,
Secretary of State of the Cabo Delgado Province.
The
humanitarian situation in Mozambique, and especially in Cabo Delgado province,
is deteriorating rapidly.
Almost 2
million people face food shortages due to the security problem in the region.
Added to
this challenge are a severe drought, an impact, which is still being felt from
the bad weather that hit the country, and Covid-19.
The
escalating violence alone has led to more than 700,000 people having to flee
their land and are now Internally Displaced Persons.
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