Why northern Mozambique’s surging violence is worsening displacement crisis
Over 100,000 people displaced last year alone, adding to the 1.3 million people already forced to flee from their homes.

Over 100,000 people displaced last year alone, adding to the 1.3 million people already forced to flee from their homes.



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The ambush is part of a rapid surge in cross-border attacks along Kenya’s northern frontier.
A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo underscores the Horn of Africa’s growing strategic importance.
A small team is working to digitise decades of Somali history in the country’s main public radio station.
The seizure of the Asana is the latest in a rapidly growing wave of piracy sweeping the Gulf of Aden.
Aid groups warn a record-strength El Niño could unleash flooding and hunger from Somalia to Pakistan.
US prosecutors reach into Somalia for a suspect in US fraud case.
President says his country will readmit genuine nationals but insists Europe must first verify deportees’ identities.
Six months after recognition, Israel and Somaliland say they are moving from symbolism to strategic cooperation.

The message came after Somaliland opened its first overseas embassy this week, in Jerusalem.

Somaliland’s President is on a ‘historic’ tour of Israel, where he’s opened an embassy and visited the Knesset.