Reports

Highlights The Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition’s report was released in March 2016 and presents a serious food security and nutrition situation in the country. The report shifts the severity of the situation from the…

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 29 April 2016 Subjects: (1) Mozambique (2) Nigeria (1) Mozambique We have received worrying information about ongoing armed clashes in…

The United Nations is strengthening its support to emergency response in Mozambique, after the activation of the red alert declared by the Government. Due to prolonged drought resulting from the El Niño climate phenomenon, the Technical Secretariat…

Highlights On 15 January 2016, the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) declared the Orange Institutional Alert due to El Niño drought conditions in the South of the Country. On 9 February the Government requested the HCT…

Mozambique - Mozambique is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and environmental hazards, currently suffering from a drought in the center and southern provinces with more than 500,000 people already in need…

(Johannesburg) – Mozambique’s government should urgently investigate alleged summary executions, sexual abuse, and ill-treatment by its armed forces in Tete province. At least 6,000 people have fled to Malawi since army operations began in October 2015,…

Since mid-2015, over 3 000 refugees from Mozambique have fled to neighbouring Malawi and are being housed in camps set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The World Food Programme and Médecins sans Frontières…

Some areas of Mozambique have been experiencing political instability for several months, with RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama threatening to seize power in six northern and central provinces of the country where his movement claims victory in…

Human rights remain a challenge in Mozambique GENEVA, 21 January 2016 (LWI) – The government of Mozambique has accepted most of the human rights issues addressed in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The Lutheran World Federation…

Source: Reuters - Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:49 GMT Author: Reuters Refugees report government forces, opposition clashes Around 3,500 Mozambicans refugees in Malawi camp Security experts concerned violence could worsen Unrest could deter investment in potential gas hub By Joe Brock KAPISE, Malawi,…