A new wave of escalating terror attacks attributed to the Islamic State Jihadists, IS-Mozambique, locally known as Al-Shabaab, has forced thousands of terrified civilians to flee the villages of Chiure Novo in Cabo Delgado province, Northeastern Mozambique. The recent attack on the Magaia community in Chiure district that prompted the displacement resulted in the tragic […]
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Save the Children International (SCI) has revealed nearly 30,000 children fled an escalating wave of conflict in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique in June, the highest number of children displaced in a month in the past year. Since 2017, an Islamist insurgency group, al-Shabaab, has terrorised Mozambique’s Northern province of Cabo Delgado, which has led […]
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Rate of early child marriage amongst displaced children has steadily increased, from six children in Jan., 32 in Feb., and 70 in March in Cabo Delgado region in Northern Mozambique, according to new data released by Save the Children International. In Cabo Delgado region, where conflict has taken a devastating human toll, especially on children, […]
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The United Nations recently reported on the threat of Islamic State (IS) expansion in Africa. Following the fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria a few years ago, the terrorists, who carried out devastating attacks in the Middle Eastern countries, displacing millions and destroying lives and properties, are now turning their attention to Africa, exploiting […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed in a recent report that children are trained into armed groups after getting abducted and experiencing sexual violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. James Elder, UNICEF Spokesperson revealed during a press briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 5 that as humanitarian access is gradually improving, reports of minors turned into […]
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More than 336,000 children have been displaced by the escalating conflict in Cabo Delgado, in the northern province of Mozambique, according to a new report by Save the Children. The conflict which started in 2017 over the government’s poor response to local grievances on poverty and control over land resources, has displaced more than 700,000 […]
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The European Union through the European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO), is supporting the World Food Programme’s response in Northern Mozambique, to provide food to 360,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) for four months. Under this arrangement, families will either receive a food portion consisting of rice, pulses, and oil, covering 80 per […]
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A London-based charity, Save the Children, has said child abductions are becoming “a new and alarmingly regular tactic by armed groups” in Mozambique. Mozambique is one of the seven countries in the sub-Saharan Africa with large-scale terrorism linked to the expansion of the Islam States (ISIS) affiliates in the region. According to the charity in […]
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Islamist militants occupied a key port in gas-rich northern Mozambique on Wednesday following days of attacks claimed by an Islamic State-affiliated group, a military source and local media said. The port of Mocimboa da Praia was captured by the terrorists at dawn, while a military source told AFP news agency that the small town and […]
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At least eight people have been killed in two separate attacks this week by terrorists in the north of Cabo Delgado, HumAngle has learned. The attacks took place in the main village of Mocimboa da Praia and Macomia in the administrative post of Chai, from Tuesday at about 8p.m. to Wednesday at 6p.m., resulting in […]
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South Africa’s Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said following the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, the likelihood of the country to help Mozambique is going to be discussed behind closed doors. She said the matter would be discussed in the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) – a parliamentary committee that only meets […]
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A joint project to promote peace, social cohesion and conflict prevention in Cabo Delgado was launched recently in Mozambique, with the aim of reaching 16, 000 people, mainly those affected by the terrorist attacks. The project is supported by the government of Mozambique, Japan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The gas-rich province of […]
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