Hat tip Breitbart
The northeastern province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique has suffered numerous attacks from ISIS affiliates in these last few years, of which we have previously reported. The most recent attacks in Cabo Delgado occurred last week and have resulted in approximately 17,000 refugees.
The Biden administration has announced it is sending 140 million dollars in aid to Mozambique (over 10 years) to assist in the refugee effort. I just hope it is in the form of food, supplies, medicine, etc., and not just cash.
The below article in the Portuguese-language Mozambican newspaper, Folha de Maputo is translated by Fousesquawk.
More than 17,000 persons forced to flee after attacks in Cabo Delgado
June 17, 2022 at 08:02
More than 17,000 persons, mostly women and children, were forced to flee from their homes in the districts of Ancuabe and Chiure, in the province of Cabo Delgado, after the attacks of last week, the UN has reported.
In a press conference, the spokesperson for the secretary-general, Stephane Dujarric, gave a brief update Thursday on the situation in Cabo Delgado after the attacks of last week, indicating that at up to now, humanitarian organizations have assisted more than 1,700 persons while the UN humanitarian air service continues to transport supplies.
According to Dujarric, quoted by Lusa (News Service of Portugal), since the beginning of the year, the United Nations, together with its partners, has succeeded in reaching 100,000 people in Cabo Delgado, having distributed food, education, and hygiene "kits" to the local population.
"Our objective is to reach 84,000 with regular humanitarian assistance in the districts of Ancuabe and Meluco. And once again, we remind all parties in the conflict that they must respect and protect the civilians as well as facilitate the humanitarian aid, quickly, safely, and unimpeded to the civilians in need," affirmed the spokesperson of Antonio Guterres, at the UN has in New York.
"It is also fundamental that vulnerable people- including elderly, persons with disability, pregnant women, and unaccompanied or separated children- be reached with foods, shelter, protection, and other urgent assistance as rapidly as possible," he concluded.
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