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Mozambique

WFP Mozambique Country Brief, May 2025

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In numbers*

  • 5,388 tons of food assistance distributed
  • USD4,512,151 cash-based transfers made**
  • USD157.6 million six-month net funding requirements (Jun-Nov25), representing 78 percent of total requirements
  • 378,712 people assisted in May 2025*

Emergency response

Northern Mozambique displacement crisis

• In May, WFP assisted 377,835 beneficiaries including IDPs and returnees, reaching 90% of the plan for the May-June distribution cycle.

• Limited road access to some distribution sites in Quissanga district, as well as prevailing security issues in Macomia district constituted the main constraints.

• Due to limited resources, WFP continues to provide half rations every other month. May marked the start of the May-June cycle, and distributions will be finalized in June to cover the planned target.

El Niño response

• As of May, the response to the El Niño-induced drought reached 179,490 people, 71% of the target. The assistance is planned to be finalized in June, reaching 250,270 individuals.

• An extra distribution cycle has been added to the response to reach 11,000 individuals in the two worst affected districts.

Cyclones response

• WFP continued to support the cyclone Chido, Dikeledi and Jude affected people by providing life-saving assistance. Seven (7) days rations were provided to 118,010 beneficiaries in the two worst affected districts (Ilha de Moçambique and Mossuril) and 38,445 individuals received 30-day emergency recovery assistance in Memba district.