Mozambique is reeling from multiple crises, with conflict, displacement, drought, cyclones and social unrest affecting millions of people across the country.

A record 5 million people are food insecure and need urgent support.

Drought has upended the lives of more than 3 million people in central and southern provinces. At the same time, escalating violence in northern Mozambique has displaced 715,000 people, while cyclones Chido and Dikeledi have affected 680,000 people.

Even before the dramatic uptick in violence, Cabo Delgado Province had the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in Mozambique, with more than half of children under 5 affected.

The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered life-saving food assistance to 1 million people in 2024, though our support had to be reduced to 520,000 people due to lack of funding. We will be forced to suspend assistance in May unless more funding is made available. WFP’s El Niño drought response in central and southern Mozambique is only 20 percent funded.

WFP urgently requires US$193 million to deliver life-saving assistance to 2 million people up to August 2025.

What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the Mozambique emergency

Northern emergency response
WFP continues to provide food assistance to the most vulnerable people, but with a reduced frequency due to reduced funding. School meals, acute malnutrition treatment and income-generating agricultural activities will continue. A vulnerability-based targeting exercise is in place to ensure the most vulnerable people are not left behind.
El Niño drought response
WFP has delivered emergency food assistance to 250,000 people, nutrition support to 130,000 women and children, and take-home rations for 6,600 schoolchildren in the central and southern provinces.
Cyclone Chido
WFP swiftly mobilized to deliver emergency food assistance to over 180,000 people affected by Cyclone Chido. WFP has resources to continue supporting 100,000 of the most vulnerable people over the next 3 months, although overall needs continue to outpace the available resources. In partnership with the Government of Mozambique, WFP is implementing anticipatory action – including early-warning messages, food and cash – based on reliable forecasts, to mitigate the impact of droughts and cyclones. During the 2024/25 season, WFP activated anticipatory measures in five provinces – once for drought and twice in response to cyclones Chido and Dikeledi.

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