
The United Nations has released nearly $98 million in emergency funding to support people affected by conflict and climate disasters in Mozambique.
The assistance aims to address urgent needs in communities hit by violence, floods, and cyclones, according to UN officials.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Catherine Sozi said the funds will help provide food for families who lost crops and income in devastated regions.
She added that the support will also ensure safe drinking water where sources have been flooded or contaminated by extreme weather.
Health services will be strengthened for communities cut off from basic care amid widespread disruption across the country.
Mozambique is facing overlapping crises, including conflict in Cabo Delgado province and repeated climate shocks in central and southern regions.
Armed violence has displaced families in the north, tearing livelihoods apart and forcing communities into fragile survival.
Meanwhile, cyclones and flooding have destroyed homes, damaged infrastructure, and left essential services struggling to function.
Sozi said emergency shelter and protection services will be prioritised for those who lost homes and remain at risk.
She stressed that women and children, along with other vulnerable groups, will remain a central focus of humanitarian response efforts.
The funding forms part of the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Mozambique.
That plan requires $534 million to reach 1.7 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance nationwide.
