Mozambique: 2025 Humanitarian Response (Conflict), as 31 August 2025 [EN/PT]

SITUATION UPDATE

The humanitarian response in Mozambique continues to face significant challenges. As of the end of August 2025, around 798,000 people had received some form of assistance—about 73 per cent of the targeted population (1.1M) in Cabo Delgado.

This represents approximately a 38 per cent decline compared to the 1.28 million people reached during the same period in 2024, underscoring a broader reduction in operational capacity.

Most of the current outreach is attributed to the Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster, which has reached 531,000 people, though food distributions are reduced to every two months and cover only 39 per cent of caloric needs. The agriculture and livelihoods component of FSL cluster has reached 80,000 people. Excluding food assistance, the number of people reached drops sharply to 497,000. Within this, 346,928 people have received multi-sectoral support across Health, WASH, and Shelter, while 273,464 children accessed Education, Nutrition, and Child Protection services.

Funding available has significantly dropped: a total of $69 million has been received against requirements of $352 million, reflecting a nearly 45 per cent decrease from 2024 levels. At the same time, the number of implementing organizations has fallen from 78 to 63 partners (29 INGOs, 22 NNGOs, 8 government bodies, and 4 UN agencies). National NGOs and government entities together now account for nearly half of all interventions.

Geographic coverage shows that response is concentrated in districts facing Severity 4 needs (432,000 people reached of 408,000 targeted), followed by Severity 3 areas (338,000 of 644,000 targeted), with very limited coverage in Severity 2 zones (28,000 of 45,000 targeted).When food assistance is excluded, humanitarian programmes in severity 4 districts reached 178,300 people.

Due to the dramatic drop in funding, the 2025 HNRP was hyper-prioritised in March this year with thedistricts of Macomia, Muidumbe, Nangade, Quissanga identified as highest priority. The granular analysis of the response in these districts indicates that assistance remains heavily concentrated in Food Security, with very limited delivery of multi-sectoral support. Critical needs in shelter, health, WASH, and protection continue to be severely underfunded. There was no consistent scale-up across clusters through midyear.

All clusters remain severely underfunded, with available resources ranging from only 1 to 28 per cent of requirements. The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) seeks $352 million to assist 1.3 million people affected by conflict across 15 districts in Cabo Delgado. The plan prioritizes two approaches: rapid mobile response teams to address acute and new displacements and people newly affected by conflict. Continued multi-sectoral support for urban/peri-urban IDPs, rural IDPs, and at-risk populations—through food, shelter, health, education, agriculture, and livelihoods interventions.

The HNRP is complemented by the Mozambique Drought Appeal (Aug 2024–Dec 2025) and the Tropical Cyclones Flash Appeal (Jan–September 2025), reflecting how overlapping crises continue to drive humanitarian needs.

The humanitarian team in Cabo Delgado urges donors to step up financial support, especially with the rainy and cyclonic season approaching in November, which is expected to generate additional needs. For further context on the consequences of underfunding in Mozambique, please see: https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/mozambique/mozambique-cost-inaction-july-2025