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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and Carmen Aguilar García

Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique

Internally displaced women in Naminawe, near Pemba, in Mozambique.
Displaced women in Naminawe, near Pemba, in Mozambique. Photograph: Diego Menjibar Reynes/AFP/Getty Images

More than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.

With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largely ignored or forgotten. More than 1 million people have been displaced, many of them two, three or even four times.

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