Around three million Mozambicans are currently experiencing acute food insecurity, especially in the province of Cabo Delgado, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The FAO report indicates that around 2.6 million Mozambicans were acutely food insecure between May and September and needed "urgent assistance".

Of these, 126,000 people were in phase 4 of the Integrated Food Security index, in an emergency situation, and the remaining 2.5 million in phase 3, in a crisis situation.

The document adds that, for the period from October 2023 to March 2024, around 3.3 million people "face acute or greater food insecurity" in Mozambique, equivalent to phase 3 of the IPC, of which 220,000 people are in phase 4, the emergency phase.

"They represent 21% of the population of the districts most affected by shocks (climate and terrorist attacks) in 2023," the report points out.

The FAO even states that 863,000 people in Cabo Delgado live in IPC stage 3 or higher - in acute food insecurity - equivalent to 32% of the total population, in the period between October 2023 and March 2024, an increase of 19% compared to the previous period.