Africa-Press – Mozambique. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide seeds to 23,000 families displaced due to the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, the agency announced.
“The initiative aims to support the [Mozambican] government in its efforts to respond to food security problems among the internally displaced, as well as the host population,” said FAO representative in Mozambique, Hernani Coelho da Silva, quoted on Sunday by Televisão de Moçambique (TVM).
In addition to seeds, the support kit includes hoes and watering cans, in an initiative for displaced persons to be rolled out over the next three years in Palma, Balama, Chiure and Ancuabe districts.
“The provincial executive council and the population of Cabo Delgado feel cherished with this symbolic gesture,” Cabo Delgado governor Valige Tualibo declared, also quoted by TVM.
Cabo Delgado province, in northern Mozambique, is rich in natural gas, but has been terrorized since 2017 by armed rebels, with some attacks claimed by the Islamic State extremist group.
According to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), about 784,000 persons have been internally displaced by the conflict, which has killed about 4,000, according to the ACLED conflict registry project.
Since July 2021, an offensive by government troops, with the support of Rwandan and later Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops, has recovered a number of areas from rebel control, but their flight has led to new attacks in districts through which they have passed or taken up temporary refuge.
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