Women Bear Brunt of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Conflict
In Cabo Delgado, women and girls are being sexually abused after more than a decade of conflict, according to Mozambique Exposed, an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories, to which RFI contributed, examining how women have paid the price.
Based on interviews with more than 100 people, the report documents widespread abductions, forced marriages, sexual slavery, and exploitation by armed groups. Mozambique's armed forces have also been implicated in rape, harassment, and violence.
Survivors face social stigma when they go back to their community. Vulnerability to sexual exploitation has been heightened by various reasons, among them conflict, poverty, displacement, and risk of transactional sex. The findings come as violence in Cabo Delgado continues to escalate despite international security interventions and the province's strategic importance as the site of major natural gas projects.
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Mozambique:
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Mozambique:
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Mozambique's criminal police are under growing scrutiny as political repression continues more than 18 months after disputed elections triggered unrest. Civil society groups denounce abductions and killings by security forces, with particular attention focused on the National Criminal Investigation Service, known as Sernic. This instalment of Mozambique Exposed - an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories to
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The country's National Disaster Management Institute (INGD) has warned that humanitarian assistance in the northern province of Cabo Delgado is under pressure from the combination of terrorist raids and climatic shocks, which affect the same communities.
The INGC Cabo Delgado delegate, Marques Naba, said the humanitarian response must be adjusted to "a complex and simultaneous scenario'. Naba said
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A woman talks with an MSF health promotion team during a home visit in Montepuez. The team talk about health and mental health issues the patients may be experiencing and advise them on whether they need to be referred to a clinic for a follow up.
