The humanitarian response in Cabo Delgado is facing severe constraints due to inadequate funding, as renewed armed attacks continue to force thousands of people to flee their homes.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), by June only 29 percent of the US$534 million required to finance the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan had been secured. The funding gap is affecting critical sectors, including education, nutrition and logistics, putting assistance to the most vulnerable families at risk.
In June alone, violence in Cabo Delgado Province displaced 12,174 people. OCHA reports that nearly 80 percent of the newly displaced are women and children, who are particularly vulnerable to family separation, gender-based violence, loss of identification documents and psychosocial distress.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 26,000 people have been affected by displacement linked to the armed conflict that has plagued northern Mozambique since 2017. Although monthly displacement figures remain below those recorded during much of 2025, the United Nations warns that the increase observed over the past two months highlights the continued fragility of the security situation.
The report also notes that a significant proportion of those displaced have fled multiple times, with many families being uprooted for the second, third or even fifth time, underscoring the persistent insecurity preventing their safe return to their communities.
As of February this year, Mozambique was hosting approximately 662,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), the majority of whom are concentrated in provinces affected by the armed insurgency in the country's northern region.(MozaNorte)
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