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ALMOST one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands of people had been forced to flee a jihadist insurgency.
The World Food Programme (WFP) gave the warning on Tuesday during a news conference in Geneva.
“As the security situation continues to deteriorate, more than 950,000 people in the north of Mozambique are now facing severe hunger,” Tomson Phiri, a spokesman for the WFP said.
Islamic State-linked militants have escalated attacks in Mozambique’s northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, in the past year.
They were also murdering villagers, fighting the army and seizing towns from the people.(Reuters/NAN)
– Apr. 13, 2021 @ 13:48 GMT
Tags: Nearly 1m going hungry in Mozambique warns WFP
