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“The situation is desperate, both for those trapped in conflict areas without sufficient means to survive and for those forced to flee both within the province and to other parts of the country,” said the UN Human Rights Director. , Michelle Bachelet, in a statement.
-Those who remain lack basic needs and run the risk of being assassinated, sexually exploited, kidnapped or forcibly recruited into armed groups. Those who flee also risk their lives, ”he continues.
Extends into Tanzania
Islamist extremists began carrying out attacks in Cabo Delgado, which borders Tanzania, in 2017. By 2020, violence has increased and, in recent days, up to 50 people are reported to have been killed by groups affiliated with IS. Many of the victims, including women and children, are said to have been beheaded.
“The conflict escalated further during the summer when the rebels, who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State since July last year, began carrying out several major operations against the administrative center of Cabo Delgado province,” said Shawn Davies , research assistant at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, focused on Mozambique. at Uppsala University and continues:
– Since August of this year, they have occupied one of the largest cities, Mocimboa da Praia, in the affected province, which is the first time they have tried to control a city in a long time. The conflict has now started to spread to Tanzania as well, with a couple of attacks reported across the border in October.
