Armed raids in Cabo Delgado sent more than 46,000 people running for safety between 20 and 28 July, the United Nations (UN) says. Chiúre district was hit hardest: attacks on Chiúre Velho, Ocua and Mazeze drove over 42,000 residents—more than half of them children—into crowded shelters in Chiúre Sede.
Needs are basic and urgent: food, blankets, plastic sheeting and clean water. Many new arrivals lost ID papers, which makes it tougher to register for aid or move on.
Violence also flared in Ancuabe, where the number of displaced families nearly tripled in a week, and in Muidumbe, where fighters burned homes in Magaia village, pushing 500 families toward already strained camps.
Relief groups face a cash crunch. Only 19 percent of Mozambique’s $352 million appeal has come through, forcing agencies to cut their target caseload from 1.1 million people to 317,000.
