Mozambique: Japan contributes another 1.3 million euros to support the displaced

The Japanese government will contribute another 1.5 million dollars (1.3 million euros) for food assistance to people displaced by armed violence in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique.

The value, made available through the World Food Program (WFP), will ensure emergency food for 25,800 displaced who are in the provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado and Nampula, due to terrorism in northern Mozambique.

“This contribution, channeled through the Japan Emergency Financing Fund, will help address food security among the most vulnerable households in northern Mozambique. It will also enable WFP to treat acute and moderate malnutrition, assisting 15,000 children under 5 and 12,000 pregnant and lactating women.“, indicated the WFP, in a note released during the support announcement ceremony in Maputo.

“We stand side by side with the people of Mozambique and we will continue to support our Mozambican friends to face the challenges of the current crisis”, declared the ambassador of Japan, Kimura Hajime, during the event.

Data advanced by the WFP indicate that, since 2019, Japan has made available 23 million dollars (21 million euros) for the humanitarian operations of the United Nations agency, with an emphasis on Cabo Delgado.

The province of Cabo Delgado It has been facing an armed insurgency for five years with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The insurgency has provoked a military response since July 2021 with support from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating districts next to gas projects, but new waves of attacks have emerged in the south of the region and in the neighboring province of Nampula.

The conflict has already displaced a million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and around 4,000 deaths, according to ACLED’s conflict registry project.