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A mother and her child in the Haji camp for internally displaced people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
© UNICEF Afghanistan

News in Brief 17 August 2021

17 August 2021
News in Brief
  • UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable
  • Côte d’Ivoire begins Ebola vaccinations of high-risk populations
  • UN migration agency urges support for aid response in Mozambique 
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Children at an IDP camp in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
UNICEF/Mauricio Bisol

News in Brief 6 July 2021

6 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Displacement crisis driving up hunger in northern Mozambique: WFP
  • OHCHR voices ‘deep concern’ over protesters’ deaths in Eswatini
  • Iran urged to end long-term detention to ‘silence’ rights defenders
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A woman and her baby who fled their home in northern Mozambique in November 2020 are now living in a camp for displaced people.
© UNHCR/Juliana Ghazi

Mozambique: Violence continues in Cabo Delgado, as agencies respond to growing needs

11 June 2021
Peace and Security

Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, more than two months after militants attacked the coastal city of Palma, located in Cabo Delgado province, UN agencies reported on Friday. 

A group of people on the streets of Yangon show their support for Myanmar.
Unsplash/Saw Wunna

News in Brief 11 June 2021

11 June 2021
News in Brief
  • Rights chief Bachelet condemns attacks on civilians in Myanmar
  • Aid, health teams 'turned away' from accessing the starving in Tigray
  • More families flee violence in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
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UNICEF Regional Director, Mohamed Malick Fall, in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
UNICEF/Daniel Timme/2021

Mozambique: Children with ‘fear in their eyes’ need urgent protection and support - UNICEF

10 June 2021
Interviews

The Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique has been plagued by insecurity since 2017, but this year has seen “multiple crises” impact the population there, after militant extremists overran the area around Pemba, killing dozens and displacing a third of the population.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is one of the UN agencies providing relief on the ground, and in an interview with UN News while he’s assessing conditions there this week, Regional Director, Mohamed Malick Fall, said he’s most concerned about nearly 2,000 unaccompanied or separated children, whose survival is on the line. He spoke to Alexandre Soares, of our Portuguese team.

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Dateline Geneva Podcast
UN News

Podcast - UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva - Middle East crisis, Rohingya appeal, GM bugs to beat malaria

19 May 2021
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva

In this week’s UN Catch-Up podcast, we hear about the pressures facing aid workers and people on the front line in Gaza, an appeal for help for almost 900,000 Rohingya refugees, an alert that Mozambicans fleeing violence to Tanzania have been forcibly returned, and guidance from the WHO on genetically modified mosquitoes to overcome deadly malaria. As ever, there’ll be insight from regular guest, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes.

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Israeli strikes have destroyed buildings and infrastructure in Gaza.
UNOCHA/Samar Elouf

News in Brief 18 May 2021

18 May 2021
News in Brief
  • Rising toll in Middle East violence as UN calls for more Gaza aid access
  • Rohingya more vulnerable than ever: UNHCR and IOM
  • Asylum appeal for Mozambicans fleeing violence to Tanzania
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Children at an IDP camp in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
UNICEF/Mauricio Bisol

‘Large, likely long-lasting’ crisis looms over Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, UNICEF warns

14 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique is staring at a “large and likely long-lasting” humanitarian crisis, with nearly a third of its population displaced, worsening hunger and rising risk of deadly diseases, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

A displaced woman in northern Mozambique receives food aid.
© WFP/Grant Lee Neuenburg

Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Mozambique ‘beyond epic proportions’ 

8 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The UN and partners are “following with deep concern” new reports of violations against civilians in northern Mozambique, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday. 

Two women walk at an IDP camp in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. (file photo)
UNICEF/Mauricio Bisol

Thousands on the move after brutal attacks in northern Mozambique, UN office reports

2 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile, after last week’s brutal attacks by armed groups in Palma district, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).