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Southern Africa: SADC and Rwandan Troops Disperse Mozambique Insurgents - but Displace More Civilians
Daily Maverick, 31 July 2022
The US has stepped up humanitarian aid to a growing number of internally displaced persons in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province amid successful efforts to disperse… Read more »
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Mozambique: War in North Expands as Displaced Hit 950,000
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 1 August 2022
Rwandan forces have dispersed the insurgents, leading to more widespread and audacious insurgent attacks. Government, Rwandan and SADC forces have become more active and effective.… Read more »
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Mozambique: EU Approves €89 Million for Fight Against Terrorism
AIM, 28 July 2022
The European Union (EU) has approved an €89 million (US$89.4 million) package for the fight against terrorism that has been plaguing parts of Cabo Delgado, since October 2017.… Read more »
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Mozambique: President Nyusi Invites Italy to Invest in Northern Mozambique
AIM, 28 July 2022
President Filipe Nyusi has expressed interest in seeing Italy support the Programme for Resilience and Integrated Development of the Northern Region (PREDIN) which aims to promote… Read more »
Troops Disperse Mozambique Insurgents - Displace More Civilians
Southern African and Rwandan regional forces which have been fighting in Mozambique's northern most province of Cabo Delgado since July 2021 are dispersing insurgents - but also driving them further west and south, displacing more civilians, reports Joseph Hanlon for Mozambique News Reports And Clippings.
The number of internally displaced persons has jumped from just under 800,000 to 946,508 since February 2022, according to the UN. Of the newly displaced people, 83,983 people had fled attacks in Ancuabe and Chiure districts in June 2022, as the war spread south, leading to a "deteriorating humanitarian situation in southern Cabo Delgado," the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
"They are not keeping Mocimboa da Praia and Palma districts safe - delaying any chance of oil company Total, resuming work until 2023 at the earliest. This is a growing guerrilla war, with significant fighting continuing in Macomia and Ancuabe as well as Mocimboa da Praia. Both sides report successful attacks on a base of the other side, Hanlon reports.
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Terror attacks that have been plaguing parts of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado since October 2017 has left ver 400,000 children displaced, National Director for ... Read more »
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There were 90 incidents of violence in the seven weeks from June 1 to July 21, almost two incidents a day. War fatalities are now 4,131, says the writer.
