More Than 100,000 Flee New IS-Linked Attacks in Northern Mozambique

Overview

• ACLED and IOM report 33 civilians killed between November 10 and 23 and about 108,000 people displaced, including roughly 70,000 children.
• The violence has spread beyond Cabo Delgado into Nampula and Niassa, with many fleeing Memba to overcrowded sites in Eráti and nearby coastal areas.
• Humanitarian groups describe severe shortages of food, water, shelter and healthcare, with diarrheal disease, cholera and malaria reported in makeshift sites.
• Local authorities and partners delivered limited aid—such as 100 tons of food that could feed fewer than 14,000 people for 15 days—but say capacity is overstretched.
• UN agencies highlight grave violations against children, including abductions, separations and recruitment, in a conflict that has uprooted more than 1.3 million since 2017.