Cabo Delgado, Nampula & Niassa Humanitarian Snapshot May 2021

OVERVIEW FOOD INSECURITY/ DISPLACEMENT 901K 731K 470K 468K >343K SEVERELY FOOD- INTERNALLY CHILDREN WITH PEOPLE LIVING MALARIA CASES5 MOZAMBIQUE 1 2 3 4 INSECURE PEOPLE DISPLACED PEOPLE ACUTE MALNUTRITION WITH HIV (SINCE JANUARY 2021) UNITED REPUBLIC OF Palma Thousands of people continued to flee Palma each week in May 2021, with displacement from the district nearly doubling from the end of April (31,400 people) to the end of May (nearly 64,000 people), according to the latest figures from Nangade44K IOM/DTM. In addition to those who fled through dangerous and difficult routes inside Mozambique -both by road and sea- in Mocimboa search of safety, almost 3,800 people tried to seek asylum in Tanzania but were forcibly returned to Mozambique through the Negomano da Praia Negomano border point in May, according to Mozambican border authorities and UNHCR. 92K Muidumbe The overall number of people displaced by the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado rose to more than 732,200, and at least 30 7 Sanga Mecula 9K per cent of these people have been forced to flee more than once, according to the latest data from IOM/DTM. Most Mavago Cabo Delgado Macomia Lago 47K displaced people—nearly 663,000—were seeking refuge within , while almost 67,000 had fled to 13 Ibo 82 Niassa 7K 33K Nampula, 1,200 were in Zambezia, over 1,130 in Niassa, and 153 in Sofala. Some 77 per cent of people displaced in northern Meluco 10K Mozambique were women and children at the end of April, while there were 2,733 unaccompanied minors, 2,912 pregnant 55K Quissanga women, 9,541 elderly people, and 806 people with disabilities. Muembe Marrupa 60K Metuge 769K 157K Protection violations remained a major concern. At least 51 children, most of them girls, were abducted by non-state armed Ancuabe 125K 154 Montepuez Pemba groups in Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months, according to new analysis by Save the Children. There were also reports in Cidade De Lichinga 500 May of women and girls being abducted, forced into marriage, and subjected to sexual violence, as well as of children being Majune 62K Chiure Mecufi4K forcibly recruited into armed groups, according to UNHCR. Lichinga 32 Balama 10K 3K Although the ongoing harvest is expected to improve food security in other parts of Mozambique, the conflict in Cabo 29 Namuno Memba Ngauma Maua 27 Erati Delgado has disrupted livelihoods and people hiding in the bush are thought to be facing the most severe food insecurity, 4K 10K according to FEWSNET. Hunger is not only increasing in rural zones but also in urban centres, including Cabo Delgado’s Nipepe Mandimba Nampula Nacaroa capital, Pemba, which hosts the highest number of displaced people in the province (157,000) and where 40 per cent of 61 Metarica Nacala people are facing high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 and above), according to the Integrated Food Security Phase 25 Lalaua 711 Cuamba Mecuburi 1K Classification analysis. Muecate Nacala -al velha 183 77K 186 Monapo Malema 3K In addition to COVID-19, Cabo Delgado faced multiple other disease outbreaks. Malaria cases were well above the level in 20 Ribaue Mecanhelas 345 2020, with nearly 343,000 cases and 30 deaths reported between January and May 2021, compared to around 205,000 cases 161 Cidade De25K Nampula Ilha and 15 deaths in the same period of 2020. Febrile syndrome affected more than 67,200 people from January to May, while at 43 2KRapale Mossuril least 10 cases of acute flaccid paralysis were reported in the same period. While no new cases of the plague were reported in Tete Murrupula 21K Mogincual Meconta May, some 85 people were affected earlier in the year. The cholera situation, on the other hand, significantly improved in May, 99 with no new cases identified in Cabo Delgado and 65 in Nampula, where only 5 people contracted the disease in the last week Liupo Mogovolas of the month. Zambezia 15 Angoche DISPLACEMENT TREND (Feb 2019 - Apr 2021) Larde Angoche Moma 696K 731K 668K 687K 687K 600K 527K 425K 330K IPC Food Insecurity Phase IDPs 211K 235K 172K 159K K XX Severely XX 83K 85K 90K 100K 110 1: Minimal 3: Crisis Internally displaced people Main displacement 43K K 49K 55K 59K 59K 64K 64K 65K 44 food-insecure from Palma 2: Stressed 4: Emergency people Feb AprMar May JulJun Aug OctSep Nov Dec Jan Feb AprMar May JulJune Aug OctSep Nov Dec Jan Feb AprilMar Temporary displacement sites 2019 2020 2020 2021 Planned Relocation Sites

The administrative boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 10 June 2021 Sources: 1- IPC, 2 - International Organization for Migration, April 2021, Displacement Tracking Matrix, This figure reflects only people displaced inside of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa provinces. The overall number of people due to the conflict in Cabo Delgado, including in Sofala and Zambezia, is about 732,200 per the DTM Round 12 Report. , 3 - UNICEF - This total includes all children under age 5 facing moderate acute malnutrition (331,077 children) and severe acute malnutrition (139,373 children), 4 - UNAIDS, 5 - WHO, DPS Feedback: [email protected] Twitter: @unocha_rosea www.unocha.org/rosea www.reliefweb.int