MSF Suspends Mozambique Operations Due to Cabo Delgado Violence
In northern Mozambique, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its medical activities due to an escalation of violence.
In the Cabo Delgado province, armed incursions have threatened, killed, and forced civilians to flee the town since early September. The latest attacks, the most violent in years, displaced nearly 5,000 people and cut off communities from vital healthcare.
MSF halted services at the district hospital, including emergency, maternity, mental health, and referral systems, while some patients were transferred to Pemba and Mueda. The organisation warned that insecurity is driving preventable deaths and suffering in a region where 430,000 people remain displaced and the health system is already under strain. MSF reiterated its call for all armed groups to protect civilians, medical facilities, and humanitarian workers, pledging to resume activities once staff safety can be guaranteed.
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The violent insurgency in the Cabo Degaldo province continues with an attack on Sunday night that left several people dead. The insurgents are reported to have gone door-to-door calling out the names of their victims, which included police officers.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in the troubled region since violence erupted in 2017 between the Mozambican army and Jihadist groups, leading to a massive
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Jihadist fighters have ramped up attacks on villages in several districts of the troubled Cabo Delgado province in recent weeks, engaging in clashes with Mozambican and Rwandan soldiers in the area. The militants are also reported to have set up road blocks and hindered humanitarian supplies to thousands of displaced people.
More than 6,000 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 2017, and tens of
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An MSF team walk through the town of Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique, to assess people’s medical and humanitarian needs.
