The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says it is working closely with the Government of Mozambique and humanitarian partners to provide immediate assistance. "In the first 48 hours, UNHCR provided assistance at the largest accommodation center in Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado, where more than 2,600 people received emergency aid....
In a briefing to the 15 member states of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Filippo Grandi did not mince his words in criticizing the UN body whose mandate is to ensure international peace and security. "It's a bleak political scenario that I see around us, from my humanitarian point of view: short-sighted foreign policy decisions,...
A few days ago, the Japanese government announced funding of 1.7 million dollars for sustainable development and to strengthen the humanitarian response to the complex crisis in the north of the country. According to a note that MZNews has seen, Japan's support will be implemented through three United Nations (UN) entities. The announcement...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, Robert Piper, today called for a renewed international commitment to find solutions for displaced people in Mozambique. "Mozambique has faced significant challenges linked to violence by non-state armed groups since...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has so far received only five percent of the 400 million dollars it needs to deal with the crisis of displaced people caused by terrorist attacks and natural disasters in northern Mozambique. This was revealed on Thursday (7) by the head of the UN agency...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, received the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this Monday (4), with whom he discussed the best solutions for the tens of thousands displaced by the floods, as well as the insecurity in the province of Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country. The information was provided in Maputo by the High Commissioner...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has characterized the situation in Mozambique as an "invisible emergency" three times in the last four years. A situation that is explained by insecurity and natural disasters, and which has led to the forced displacement of more than a million people in the districts...
Two million Mozambicans are in "critical" need of support and the number of people displaced by violence caused by terrorist groups and climate effects rose to almost 851,000 in September, according to UNHCR figures. "Mozambique hosts approximately 25,000 refugees and asylum seekers [30,000 in July], while 850,599 people remain displaced due to violence...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recorded the return of 420,000 internally displaced people to their areas of origin in Mozambique in recent months. According to the UNHCR's monthly situation report, almost 900,000 people remain internally displaced due to Islamist-oriented terrorist violence and the "impact...
More than a million people are displaced from their areas of residence in Mozambique. The figures were revealed today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in its latest publication. According to the UNHCR, armed violence in Cabo Delgado is responsible for the majority of the displaced, around 834,000,...