The Embassy of the United States of America (USA) announced, this Wednesday, in Maputo, the donation of 2.3 million dollars for the reconstruction, in the next two years, of infrastructures destroyed by terrorism in the province of Cabo Delgado.

As the Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Mozambique, Martin McLaughlin, noted, people in the affected areas in the province "will be able to get their goods to market and travel more easily to safe areas."

The work will focus on the connection between the city of Montepuez and the town of Mueda, a "key travel and transportation corridor for surrounding communities, especially residents displaced by terrorism and natural disasters," he pointed out.

Through an agreement with the National Road Administration (ANE) and the Road Fund (FE), USAID will fund the construction of a bridge over the Mueda River, paving, and "significant drainage improvements" to prevent erosion.

Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas, but, terrorized since 2017, by armed rebels, with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The conflict has already caused more than 3,100 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project, and more than 859,000 displaced people, according to the Mozambican authorities.

Since July, an offensive by government troops with Rwandan support, later joined by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), allowed for an increase in security, recovering several areas where there was a rebel presence, but the rebels' flight has provoked new attacks in some districts used as passage or temporary refuge.