Alert Note: Humanitarian relief in Mozambique due to Terrorist attacks

Vedvarende Energi (VE) has submitted an alert due to terrorist attacks in Mozambique.

In the northern part of Mozambique, due to the escalations of terror attacks in early February, more than 100,000 people have triggered a surge in displacements across Macomia, Chiure, and Mecufi districts in Cabo Delgado province, causing a humanitarian crisis. At present, 68,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring areas, including Erati District, Nampula Province.

The crisis began in 2017 caused by terrorist attacks from armed Non-state groups against civilians. Since then, the attacks caused different phases of escalation. The present escalation needs to be addressed now: 68,000 people flee from the affected districts leaving behind their goods, farmland and farming crops produced in the current (2024) farming season.
According to the UNCHR (2024) after a period of relative stability, new attacks and movements have been recorded since February 2024 and the number of displaced continues to rise.
As a result of these attacks, 100,000 people fled away from their native land to seek shelter and safety in the neighbouring districts seen as safer places. The majority of the displaced are women, many of them pregnant, as well as people with disabilities, and elderly, as well as children less than 15 years of age. This means the target group for the intervention is highly vulnerable and depends totally on external support to survive.