Mozambique
Reflections by Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa As governments and communities rallied together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, other humanitarian crises caused by conflict and natural disasters continued unabated.…
Mozambique
HIGHLIGHTS 20,012 displaced over past week due to Cyclone Eloise. Female headed households, older persons, persons with disabilities need to be urgently included in the response with adapted assistance. GBV partners (UNFPA, Plan Int'l, IsraAid) distributed 782 dignity kits…
Mozambique
Background Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in Mozambique on the evening of 23rd January 2021. In particular, the provinces of Sofala, Manica, Zambezia, Inhambane and Gaza were affected. As of 28th January, 11 people had died. The…
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HIGHLIGHTS More than 314,000 people in Mozambique have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, and this figure could rise in the days ahead as teams reach further areas hardest-hit by floods. Although the ex-Eloise weather system has now…
Mozambique
World Food Programme calls for more than $130m to reach displaced people and host communities on the brink Escalating violence in northern Mozambique is pushing hundreds of thousands of people into food insecurity, according to Lola Castro,…
Mozambique
CABO DELGADO, Mozambique— To respond to the urgent needs of an estimated 530,000 people displaced by violent conflict in Cabo Delgado, UNFPA has supported the government’s installation of sexual and reproductive health tents, women and girl-friendly…
Mozambique
This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of 5.1 million Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Mozambique Red Cross Society (MRCS) to deliver assistance to…
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HIGHLIGHTS More than 270,000 people have been affected by Eloise across Southern Africa, including 267,289 in Mozambique, more than 1,000 in Zimbabwe and more than 1,000 in Eswatini. The death toll from Eloise has risen to 21, including…
Mozambique
15 December 2020 - 15 January 2021 There are 530,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa Provinces, almost five times the number registered in March 2020. (Source: OCHA, 2021) The main…
Mozambique
In Numbers 730,811 people assisted in December 2020 1,768 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 4.7 m cash-based transfers made US$ 127.9 m six months (January 2021 – June 2021) net funding requirements, representing 31.5% of total Operational Updates • Recent…
