The United States of America (USA) has made 40 million dollars available to reinforce the activities of the World Food Program (WFP) in support of those affected by the violence in Cabo Delgado.

"We are grateful to the people of the United States who have reached out to the people of Mozambique," said Antonella D'Aprile, WFP Director in Mozambique, quoted in a statement issued by the United Nations agency on Thursday (27).

The money will be used for "critical assistance" for around 790,000 people, as well as providing humanitarian air services in the north of the country, through the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, the WFP said.

"The assistance is not only helping the most vulnerable people to meet their immediate needs, but is helping to reinforce much-needed resilience, promote peace and strengthen the stability of communities," adds the WFP.

The United States is the largest donor to the WFP in Mozambique, having supported the agency with a total of 289.1 million dollars since 2017, according to official figures.

The province of Cabo Delgado has been facing an armed insurgency for five years, with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The conflict has already displaced a million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and caused around 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project. (Vision)