Africa-Press – Mozambique. The district of Mecuburi in Nampula province, northern Mozambique, has since September received around 9,000 people fleeing insecurity caused by the action of armed groups in Namuno district, Cabo Delgado province, local authorities said yesterday.
Mecuburi administrator Orlando Maivane told public broadcaster Rádio Moçambique that the authorities were committed to mobilising humanitarian assistance for families who have taken refuge in some parts of the district.
“The law and order situation in Mecuburi district is calm, but we have this humanitarian situation to deal with,” Muivane said.
The province of Cabo Delgado has been plagued since 2017 by the action of armed groups described by the authorities and external entities as terrorism.
The insurgency led to a military response a year ago with support from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), freeing districts next to the gas projects, but new waves of violence emerged in the south of the region and in the neighbouring province of Nampula.
In five years, the conflict has displaced one million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and caused around 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registry project.
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