More than 30,000 kids were forced to evacuate Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, in June due to a new wave of violence. According to the NGO Save the Children, the number of children displaced in a single month reached its greatest level since the Islamist insurgency destabilized the area in 2017.
According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, more than 4,000 persons have been. Since July 2021, Mozambique has received support from the 16-nation SAMIM mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in its conflict with jihadism in Cabo Delgado.
Even if the coalition has made it possible for the military to move on the battlefield, insecurity nevertheless pervades the province’s oil-rich region.
Children in Cabo Delgado are above the national average in the majority of socially unfavorable indices, such as chronic malnutrition, school completion rate, illiteracy rate, and access to basic social assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
