Reports

What happened, where and when? On 4th March 2023, two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Freddy crossed the south-eastern part of Madagascar to Mozambique, this tropical cyclone returned to Madagascar as an intensified strong tropical storm that almost…

June At A Glance Vital Stats ACLED records nine political violence events in Cabo Delgado province in June, resulting in at least 18 reported fatalities Only one battle event between insurgents and state forces was recorded in June, in…

Operational Context: UNHCR Mozambique Mozambique ranks 181 out of 189 countries on the 2021 Human Development Index. It faces large-scale internal displacement caused by violent conflict in the north, hosts a protracted refugee population, is strongly affected…

Violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups has plunged northern Mozambique into a humanitarian crisis with close to 1 million people living in a situation of protracted displacement. UNHCR reiterates its alarm concern over the multiple protection…

By Antonio Massipa & Manyara Angeline Munzara Problem Poverty plays a central role in perpetuating child marriage, particularly for poor households. In fact, girls living in poor households are approximately twice are likely to marry before 18 than…

WFP NEEDS US$ 56.6 MILLION TO CONTINUE ITS LIVESAVING RESPONSE IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS (July-December) Humanitarian needs Mozambique has suffered a series of shocks over the last five years, leading to successive emergencies that…

CRISIS OVERVIEW In October 2017, violence erupted in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, when armed men occupied the city of Mocimboa da Praia for two days and attacked three police stations, killing 17 people. Afterwards, armed men from…

HIGHLIGHTS A cholera outbreak has affected all provinces of the country, requiring a massive, urgent scale-up to respond and prevent its spread. In February and March 2023, Cyclone Freddy struck Mozambique twice, affecting over 1.2 million people…

PROTECTION NEEDS IN MOZAMBIQUE Human Rights Violations During Displacement physical assault, abductions, murders, discrimination, gender based violence, enforced recruitment, family separation, harassment, arbitrary arrest, freedom of movement, sexual violence Challenges to Protection Actors humanitarian access, hard-to-reach areas, slow scale up…

On June 29th, the Protection Cluster, in close coordination with its AoRs (Child Protection, GBV and HLP) and with the valuable support of ProCap, organized a Protection Analysis Workshop aiming at developing a common understanding of…