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Mozambique: MSF runs medical activities in Mocímboa for the first time in two years

In early April, an MSF team briefly visited Mocímboa da Praia to run some medical activities here for the first time since the violence abruptly hit this important coastal town of northern Mozambique two years ago. Prior to the conflict Mocímboa town was a vibrant place with about 120,000 inhabitants. The first attacks of the conflict in the province Cabo Delgado took place here in 2017. Later violence hit the town very hard and it was taken over in 2020 by members of a non-state armed group. In August last year Mozambican and Rwandese armed forces retook control of it. Today there is no active fighting in Mocímboa, although the situation is volatile in neighbouring districts. However, the town is still empty, without civilians living there.

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