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UN: 107,000 Flee Northern Mozambique in Two Weeks as Insurgent Violence Spreads

UN agencies warn that dwindling aid supplies leave children exposed to grave violations.

The United Nations logo adorns a window at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Overview

  • OCHA reports more than 107,000 people displaced in the past fortnight, with roughly 330,000 uprooted over the last four months.
  • Attacks have expanded beyond Cabo Delgado into Nampula and Niassa, with renewed violence in Palma for the first time since 2021 and reports of civilian killings.
  • UNICEF says grave violations against children, including abductions and recruitment, are widespread and estimates about two-thirds of the newly displaced are children.
  • Food stocks and health kits are running out, only about 40% of displaced people have received two weeks of food, and aid gaps are prompting some returns to unsafe areas.
  • OCHA notes a shift from short raids to weeks-long assaults, compounding needs in communities already battered by 2025 cyclones, with total displacement since 2017 topping 1.3 million.