‘The memory comes back’: Abducted children return traumatised in Mozambique | Child Rights News

Protection risks

June 2025 witnessed a deepening humanitarian crisis across northern Mozambique, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): The violence by al-Shabab “drove new displacement, disrupted essential services, severely restricted movement, exacerbated food insecurity, and impeded the delivery of life‑saving assistance”.

Sitoe explains that the conflict shifted dramatically in April 2024, when troops from the Southern African…