UN warns humanitarian crisis is worsening in Mozambique

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Over 500,000 people are in dire need of food and aid as a militant insurgency in northern Mozambique triggers a mass humanitarian crisis

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The insecurity has left aid agencies unable to visit a huge swathe of the coastal province, while the number of people forced to flee their homes has swelled from 18,000 at the start of 2020 to over half a million by the end, Lola Castro, World Food Programme regional director said.

"Our inability ... to arrive at an agreement as to what ... support we might provide remains a very worrying puzzle to us," she said.Africa holds 'silence the guns' summit as new conflicts growMozambique's army has struggled to regain control of Cabo Delgado, which is also home to Africa's three largest liquid natural gas projects.

“In view of the evolving security situation in Cabo Delgado province," Total “decided to reduce the number of personnel present at the Afungi site,” the company announced in a statement Monday.

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