MAPUTO, Mozambique
The armed conflict in northern Mozambique, worsened in November, leading to “the highest number of attacks recorded since July 2021,” according to a United Nations report released this Monday [January 10]: “Mozambique: Cabo Delgado, Nampula & Niassa Humanitarian Snapshot – November 2021 “.
“In
November, conflict increased in northern Mozambique—with the highest number of
attacks recorded since July 2021—and displaced more than 20,500 people, of whom
51 per cent were children, 28 per cent women, and 4 per cent people with
vulnerabilities,” according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
In
total, there are an estimated 734,000 internally displaced people in northern
Mozambique (figures consolidated up to five weeks ago), a decrease of about
9,000 from the data collected in September.
“With
the start of the lean season,” until harvests kick off in April, “it is
estimated that over 1.1 million people in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa face
high levels of food insecurity,” the document adds.
According
to the United Nations, only one in 10 displaced families in Cabo Delgado has an
adequate diet.
Malaria,
febrile syndrome and diarrhoea remain the major diseases in Cabo Delgado, with
almost 741,700 cases, 154,000 and over 40,100, respectively.
Among
the displaced, 90% point to lack of shelter as the most urgent need, followed
by food (88%), non-food items (70%), clean water and sanitation (60%) and
health (41%).
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