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STORY: UNHCR / MOZAMBIQUE DISPLACED POPULATION
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SOURCE: UNHCR
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LANGAUGE: NATS
DATELINE: 27 NOVEMBER 2025, ERATI DISTRICT, NAMPULA PROVINCE
1. Various shots, newly displaced families resting under trees/ many arrived on foot with very few belongings
2. Various shots, host district, where newly displaced families have been finding safety
3. Close up, injured foot
4. Various shots, newly displaced out in the open
5. Wide shot, bags in a clasroom serving as a temporary shelter for newlydisplaced
6. Various shots, displaced people crowded on verandah of a school
7. Wide shot, woman sorting green leaves for food
8. Wide shot, older man and woman sitting on the ground
9. Wide shot, exterior of school
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned as intensifying attacks on villages and the rapid spill-over of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique; with over 100,000 fleeing in the past week alone.
People reaching safety say they escaped in fear as armed groups stormed their villages – often at night – burning homes, attacking civilians, and forcing families to run with nothing. Many described chaotic escapes, with parents losing sight of their children and older relatives left behind in the panic. For many, this is the second or third time they have been displaced this yearas violence follows them into new areas.
The violence, which began in Cabo Delgado in 2017, has already displaced over 1.3 million people. But 2025 has seen a dangerous shift: attacks are spreading beyond Cabo Delgado into Nampula and Niassa Provinces, bringing the violence closer to communities that had previously hosted displaced families.
As the violence expands rapidly, civilians have almost no warning and are arriving at makeshift sites including schools, local churches, and Meliva locality in Nampula Province. Many flee without any civil documentation and no access to essential services, walking for days in extreme fear.
