More than 7,000 people flee Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, the migration agency reports

3 November 2026

The International Organization for Migration has reported that more than 7,000 people have left their homes in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique since late September, fleeing violence and the fear of attack by non-state armed groups. The agency counted 5,794 people displaced between 21 September and 13 October and another 1,235 between 14 and 27 October. Nearly 80 per cent of the recent arrivals are women and children, and the latest group includes 87 pregnant women, 58 older people, 18 people with disabilities and four children who arrived unaccompanied or separated from their families. The province already holds more than 205,000 displaced people spread across 84 sites, over half of them children. Food was named the most urgent need by 88 per cent of those assessed, followed by shelter at 71 per cent and healthcare at 44 per cent. Dana Graber Ladek, the agency's Chief of Mission in Mozambique, said host communities also need help, and the agency warned that falling funding is stretching its response.