Mozambique: Terrorist Raids Force Displacement of 40,000 People in Two Weeks

Maputo — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that jihadist raids have forced about 40,000 people to flee their homes in the northern Mozambican provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula.

According to the IOM report, the people in question were forced to flee their homes between 22 September and 6 October. “The new group of displaced people resulted from the escalation of terrorist attacks and the growing insecurity caused by insurgents in the northern region of the…