MAPUTO, Mozambique ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up to deliver life-saving food assistance to reach 450,000 people affected by the country¡¯s worst flooding in decades - just months after Mozambicans recovered from the worst drought in its recent history. The agency urgently requires USD 32 million for the next three months to deliver vital food and nutritional support to families reeling from flooding.
Nacala, Mozambique - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) specifically in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
MAPUTO - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes generous contributions from the Republic of Korea for the second consecutive year, totalling US$ 7.6 million to improve food security for communities affected by multiple shocks in northern Mozambique.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of Finland to provide tens of thousands of children with daily hot meals as part of Mozambique¡¯s ongoing National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (PRONAE).
(New York/ Rome, 28 February 2025) Concluding a joint visit to Mozambique today, senior United Nations humanitarian officials are appealing for urgent global action to address a trio of crises ¨C conflict, climate shocks, and a deteriorating socio-economic situation ¨C confronting the country.
Pretoria, 5 June 2024 - More than 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought. Millions could be pushed into acute hunger unless support is urgently mobilized to scale before the next lean season, warn the United Nations (UN) and partners.
This is a summary of what was said by Antonella d'Aprile, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Country Director in Mozambique to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Geneva ¨C This week marks five years since Cyclone Idai struck, affecting more than 2 million people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. In fact, on March 12 in the night, Tropical Storm Filippo entered southern Mozambique, Inhassoro district in Inhambane province, with a very strong winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour. It exited back into the Mozambique channel on March 13th through Gaza province. So, considering that the region, and the provinces are already affected by El Nino phenomenon, water levels in some basins remained low.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a US$ 4 million contribution from Republic of Korea to boost food security and empower tens of thousands of people whose lives have been shattered by the ongoing conflict in northern Mozambique.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a contribution of US$ 1.5 million (JP? 200 million) from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving assistance to 50,000 people in northern Mozambique.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of €8.6 million from the European Union (EU) to intensify efforts in addressing food insecurity among conflict-affected populations in northern Mozambique.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 1 million from France to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency nutrition response in three provinces of northern Mozambique.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$40 million contribution from the United States of America that will provide critical assistance to some 790,000 people, as well as provision of humanitarian air services in Mozambique¡¯s restive north.
This is a summary of what was said by Antonella D¡¯Aprile, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Country Director in Mozambique ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Maputo ¨C The Government of Japan has disbursed two grants totalling almost US$ 4 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mozambique to enable the provision of emergency assistance to more than 36,100 people displaced by violence in the north of the country and to 17,800 drought-impacted people in southern Gaza and Inhambane provinces.
ROME ¨C Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) on World Refugee Day. The somber warning comes as Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already been forced to significantly reduce rations to refugees across its operations.
MAPUTO ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Mozambique (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed the visit of the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, on 14 June to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ warehouse in Matola City. At this occasion, the US Government also announced a US$29.5 million donation to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s humanitarian food assistance to 940,000 people affected by insecurity, conflict, and natural disasters in northern Mozambique as well as the improvement of the registration of displaced populations jointly with the Government of Mozambique and partners.
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) donated USD 5.7 million to Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for a project to support smallholder farmers in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
30 August 2021 ¨C The Government of Japan provided JPY 200 million (US$1.8 million) to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mozambique to address food insecurity in communities affected by the ongoing violence and displacement of people in the Cabo Delgado province.
PEMBA, CABO DELGADO ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that without urgent funding, one of the world¡¯s fastest-growing displacement crises in northern Mozambique risks becoming a hunger emergency as families continue to flee insurgent violence.
PEMBA, CABO DELGADO ¨C Mozambique¡¯s Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiralling crisis as thousands of people flee their homes amidst violence, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
PEMBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working around the clock to assist people in need following the latest outbreak of violence in Palma town, Cabo Delgado Province, northern Mozambique. The brutal attacks have left thousands of people fleeing their homes in Palma and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
MAPUTO ¨C The United States Government is the largest donor of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mozambique. Through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), $38.4 million was awarded to Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2020 alone. $12.6 million of this supports the humanitarian response in northern Mozambique and has been crucial to maintain Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations and to support vulnerable populations impacted by ongoing crises in the region.
This is a summary of what was said by Â鶹ÊÓƵ spokesperson Tomson Phiri ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
GENEVA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ is currently conducting needs assessments with the Government of Mozambique and partners. In order to have a full picture of the impact of the devastating cyclone and the extent of the damage, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is supporting both on ground and aerial assessments undertaken with drones.
Johannesburg - Escalating conflict and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado has left communities completely reliant on humanitarian assistance. According to the Government, attacks by non-state groups have forced more than 565,000 people to flee their homes and villages, abandoning their crops and livelihoods.
MAPUTO ¨C A combined total of €7.6 million in funding from the European Union (EU) is helping the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) address the growing food needs in Mozambique driven by climate change, insecurity, displacement and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also strengthening national capacity to respond to natural disasters.
