Hunger spreading as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point

Thousands of people shelter in displacement camps with limited food supplies across Cabo Delgado following Palma attack.

Halima Adhu Jose is still struggling to get over the horror she experienced two weeks ago when she escaped Palma, a town in Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado province. Rampaging gunmen on March 24 launched an attack on the coastal town, firing indiscriminately, setting fire to buildings and killing dozens of people, according to government officials. The assault sent residents scattering in a desperate attempt to reach safety by whatever means possible: on foot, by road and boat. Jose, her husband and their two young children did the same, fleeing with just the clothes they were wearing and a few things for their children.