Mozambique: Nearly 100,000 Displaced as Violence Spreads Across Northern Mozambique, Says UN

Geneva — Intensified attacks on villages and the rapid spillover of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique, with close to 100,000 displaced in the past fortnight alone, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says.

UNHCR’s Mozambique Representative Xavier Creach told journalists at a UN press conference in Geneva on Dec. 2 that needs are rising at unprecedented speed, the capacity of humanitarian and government actors is not keeping…