“The response mainly consists of the distribution of food, the treatment of malnutrition and communication for social and behavioural change,” WFP said. Tom Edvard Eriksen, in charge of business at the Norwegian Embassy in Mozambique, quoted in the communiqué, described the situation in Cabo Delgado as a great sadness. “For us, who have formally cooperated with Mozambique for over 40 years, it is a great sadness to see a whole development effort collapsed, first by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which hit the country in March and April 2019, and now increasingly by an armed insurgency in northern Cabo Delgado,” he said.
“Our attention in recent times has turned to the difficult situation in Cabo Delgado. We also hope that, in addition to food support, the necessary facilities can be built to help prevent community contamination by Covid-19,” he added. Antonella D’Aprile, a WFP representative in Mozambique, fears that “the negative impacts of climate change, the massive displacement of people due to insecurity and the Covid-19 crisis, have caused a complex humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado,” she said. WFP’s regional director for Southern Africa, Lola Castro, on Monday warned of the situation in Cabo Delgado. Food insecurity in the province was highlighted as one of the most worrying situations on the map of southern Africa during a press conference with foreign correspondents in South Africa. Aid does not always reach some districts in the northeast and WFP tries to find alternatives to reach the inaccessible and provide them with food aid, shelter and protection, she stressed. Mozambique had, by Sunday September 13, a total of 5 ,269 cases of Covid-19, with 35 deaths and 2,960 recoveries .
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