Maputo, 07 Oct (AIM) – Over 730,000 internally displaced people have returned to their areas of origin in Mozambique, according to the latest Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) assessment by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The assessment, conducted between May and June in partnership with the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) and the National Statistics Institute (INE), these people correspond to 160,502 households, representing a 0.3 percent increase from the previous round released in February, when 661,992 displaced people were recorded.
The slight national increase was mainly attributed to the expansion of displacement monitoring in the southern province of Gaza, following heavy rains and floods during the 2025/26 rainy season.
The northern province of Cabo Delgado remained the region hosting the largest number of internally displaced people, accounting for 68 percent of the national total, corresponding to 449,876 people. This represents a five percent decrease from the previous assessment.
The IOM attributed the decline partly to continued returns in some areas, although new displacement has also been reported following recent episodes of insecurity.
Cabo Delgado remains the main epicenter of the armed insurgency that has affected the province for nine years, causing thousands of deaths and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
The IOM believes that while some populations have returned as security conditions improved in certain areas, renewed attacks have continued to trigger new displacement in other localities.
(AIM)
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