GPC Protection Alert - Rise in Violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

The Global Protection Cluster (GPC) issues this Protection Alert to highlight the situation in Cabo Delgado and neighboring provinces in Mozambique, where violent extremism and active conflict, aggravated by successive cyclones, have eroded the protection of civilians. Since 2017, non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Cabo Delgado have waged violent campaigns against civilians, committing widespread human rights abuses, causing mass displacements, and fracturing communities.