Cape Town, South Africa (AP) – Attacks by rebels The United Nations migration agency said on Monday that more than 46,000 people were displaced in the eight -day space last month in the North Cabbo Delgado province of Mozambique.
The International Organization for migration said that about 60% of children were forced from their homes. There is no news of deaths in the attacks.
In a separate report, the United Nations Human Office stated that the wave of attacks between July 20 and July 28 in Kabo Delgado caused an increase in displacement.
The Southern African nation has been fighting an extremism by terrorists associated with the Islamic state in the north for at least eight years. Rwandan soldiers have been deployed to help fight the Mozambic.
Jihadi Accused of killing villagers And kidnapping children as laborers or child soldiers. The United Nations estimates that Violence, and drought and influence of many cyclones In recent years, the northern Mozambique caused displacement of more than 1 million people.
Doctors without Borders said that he has initiated an emergency response to help thousands of recent displaced people, who now live in cheer camps, the district that experiences the worst attacks.
Cabo Delgado has major offshore natural gas reserves, and rebellion caused suspension $ 20 billion extraction project In 2021 by French company Totalenergies.
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