Access Snapshot - February 2021

OVERVIEW ACCESS CONSTRAINTS / INSECURITY

! IN IN HARD-TO- 60K 61K Cabo PARTIALLY REACH AREAS Delgado 607K ACCESSIBLE 27 INTERNALLY DISPLACED AREAS REPORTED SECURITY UNITED REPUBLIC Quionga ! PEOPLE IN CABO 486K IN INCIDENTS OF ! 1 ! !H! DELGADO ONLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS 2 Palma ! (FEBRUARY 2021) ! 23K !!! !! ! !H !!!! ! ! Pundanhar ! In February 2021, access to Mocimboa da Praia and Muidumbe districts, as well as parts of Palma, Macomia and Quissanga districts, ! ! !!!! ! Palma ! remained curtailed due to insecurity. The second half of February 2021 saw an intensification of clashes and attacks by non-state armed !!!!H ! Olumbi 28K ! Nangade ! groups (NSAGs) against civilians, with 27 recorded incidents. Palma, Nangade and Mocimboa da Praia were the most affected districts, ! ! ! ! ! ! Nangade ! !! !! Mocimboa !! triggering displacement towards and the southern areas of the Province. Attacks in the northern areas of —with at least ! ! Da Praia ! ! three attacks against civilians reported in Quionga subdistrict—restricted access to northern Palma and to the international border with M'Tamba !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!H ! Diaca ! ! ! Tanzania. !!!! !!! ! N'Gapa Mocimboa! Da Praia !!! ! !H The rainy season has partially disrupted air and road access in Cabo Delgado. The use of Ibo and Palma airstrips has been sporadically Imbuo ! ! Mueda Mbau blocked due to rain but has remained possible on days with better weather. Road access to Mueda has remained possible but is expected to H!Mueda ! !!! !H! Chitunda !!! Muidumbe !H worsen in March 2021 because of flooding rivers. Mecula 66K !!!!!! !! ! ! ! !!!!!! ! !!! !H !!!! ! Niassa Mecula Miteda ! Quiterajo29K Road access to Palma town has been affected by poor weather and insecurity, with the road via Pundanhar closed for public transport and Muidumbe !!!!! ! ! ! !! Macomia ! diminishing availability of basic commodities for people in the area. Access to Palma town for people and goods has, however, remained Chapa H! ! 8K Chai ! !! ! possible via air and humanitarian partners were able to deliver nutrition, health—including sexual and reproductive health—and shelter supplies ! !!!H! ! ! !!!!!Mucojo ! in February. Meanwhile, access to southern has improved over the past month. Air access to Macomia town remains ! !! Mucojo! ! !!! possible, and people have reportedly started to return to the area. 10K Macomia !!!!H!Macomia Matemo Ibo !! !! ! ! Cholera surveillance and response remained disrupted by insecurity in partially accessible and hard-to-reach areas, including Mocimboa Meluco Muaguide!!! !!! 30K Quissanga ! 54K Nairoto ! !!!!H da Praia, Muidumbe, Nangade and Quissanga, and outside of the district capitals in Macomia and Palma. Over 1,300 new cholera cases !! ! Quirimba H ! Marangira Meluco! !Bilibiza !!! were registered in accessible areas of Cabo Delgado in February, especially in communities hosting large numbers of internally displaced H! Nguia ! !!!H ! Bilibiza 7K! people. Almost 3,000 cases and 16 deaths were recorded in the first two months of 2021, which is higher than the number recorded in the Montepuez ! ! ! ! whole of 2020. ! Mahate Quissanga! ! Engagement with the Government of Mozambique continued with respect to the urgent need for additional humanitarian visas and Metuge Mirate ! requests to waive taxes for internal movement of humanitarian commodities. However, challenges remained. In February 2021, agencies Ancuabe !!! Ancuabe !H 114K !Cidade! De Pemba Mesa Metuge faced a 65 per cent increase in the payment of taxes after it was confirmed that the humanitarian aircraft used to deliver critical cargo, Namanhumbir 144K primarily Palma, would not be exempt from taxes. H! Mieze Mavala Montepuez Marrupa 57K Murrebue Montepuez Mecufi Niassa Mecufi Balama Mapupulo (Jan 2019 - Feb 2021) Impiri Katapua SECURITY INCIDENTS & DISPLACEMENT IN CABO DELGADO Nungo Chiure Velho Mazeze 4K

Balama Namuno Chiure Number of internally displaced people in thousands Meloco 32K 59 61 607 607 8K H! Namuno Ocua Lurio 55 Namapa Reported security incidents 57 554 H! Kuekue Namuno Namogelia 495 Muipite Namapa 45 N'Cumpe Hucula Chipene 46 44 40 3K 37 38 40 400 37 Nampula Memba Machoca Erati 33 Nipepe Mazula 30 33 307 Papai Namiroa Alua 29 Number of IDPS 26 23 25 26 xx Nipepe 211 235 27 (DTM Round 9) 172 159 11 3 Violence type 11 100 110 Access* Route accessibility ** 9 9 64 65 83 85 90 Feb 2021 Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 43 44 49 5559 59 64 Accessible areas Accessible ! Clashes ! Clashes Accessible airstrip H Main towns Partially accessible areas Partially accessible! ! Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Remote violence & violence Remote violence & violence Airstrip subject to Sea/River Transport against civilians against civilians sporadic 2019 2020 2021 Hard-to-reach areas Not accessible

The administrative boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Sources: 1- DTM -This figure reflects only people displaced inside of Cabo Delgado province. The overall number of people displaced in Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula provinces due to the conflict in Cabo Delgado is nearly 670,000 per the DTM Round 9 Report., 2- ACLED, 3- WFP, OCHA *Partially accessible areas: physical/ logistical/ administrative constraints may impact operations. Security environment difficult to predict; humanitarian operations will require security planning and negotiations / Hard-to-reach areas: security situation highly volatile; humanitarian operations will require detailed security planning and intensive negotiations. **Accessible road: No known security incident, exceptional closure only; Partially accessible road: sporadic security incidents and/or road closure; Not accessible: road seldom used by civilian traffic due to major security incidents/concerns. Creation Date: 23 March 2021 Feedback: [email protected] Twitter: @unocha_rosea www.unocha.org/rosea www.reliefweb.int