Mosambik

The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday. According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000.

Intensified attacks on villages and the rapid spillover of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique, with close to 100,000 displaced in the past fortnight alone, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says.

Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due to a resurgence in fighting across Cabo Delgado, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 people already uprooted during 2025.

Insurgents linked to the Islamic State group in northern Mozambique killed four civilians in an attack on the town of Macomia, a local military official and residents told AFP on Monday. Renewed attacks have been reported in recent months in Cabo Delgado province, where the insurgency has been raging since 2017, … .

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Insurgents carried out another attack in the early hours of Monday 22 September in the 30 de Junho neighbourhood on the outskirts of the district capital of Mocímboa da Praia. … The 30 de Junho neighbourhood is largely inhabited by members of the Makonde ethnic group, originally from the interior of Cabo Delgado, who have historically had tense relations with Mocímboa da Praia’s native Mwani community.

The raid on Mocimboa da Praia, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project operated by French energy giant TotalEnergies, is the latest in a series of attacks in the region in recent weeks. … A local military official said four people were killed. “Mozambican and Rwandan forces responded immediately and they withdrew,” he said.

1 September marked the official first anniversary of EUMAM operations in Mozambique since evolving out of the EU Training Mission Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). The renamed mission has a 14 million plus Euro budget from the European bloc, which saw it move from a pure training mission to an assistance model, combining advising, mentoring and specialised training for FADM (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mozambique) quick reaction force (QRF) units.

Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado and straining limited aid supplies. 

[…] The mission aimed to evaluate the security and humanitarian situations in Cabo Delgado, as well as the responses from the government, the region, and international organisations. It sought to provide informed recommendations to both the Mozambican authorities and the African Union to support stabilisation efforts in northern Mozambique.