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Total Population of Concern JSON 
7,545,788
Last updated 30 Jun 2021
Source - UNHCR, Government, IOM 
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Others of Concern JSON 
1,114,881
Last updated 30 Jun 2021
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Others of Concern JSON 
Age & Gender
Source - UNHCR, Government
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON 
Arrival Trends
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Others of Concern JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Angola UNHCR, Government 30 Jun 2021
  5.0% 		56,303
Botswana UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.1% 		992
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 30 Jun 2021
  47.7% 		536,419
Eswatini UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.2% 		2,119
Lesotho UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.0% 		506
Madagascar UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.0% 		317
Malawi UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  4.6% 		51,180
Mauritius UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.0% 		22
Mozambique UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  2.4% 		27,304
Namibia UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  0.6% 		6,541
Other UNHCR 31 May 2021
  0.0% 		1
Republic of the Congo UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  6.5% 		72,979
South Africa UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  22.3% 		250,250
Zambia UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  8.6% 		97,116
Zimbabwe UNHCR, Government 31 May 2021
  1.9% 		21,370

IDP in Southern African Region JSON 
6,461,380
Last updated 31 May 2021
Source - IOM, UNHCR, Government 
IDP JSON 
Breakdown by Country
Location name Source Data date Population
Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR, IOM, Government 31 May 2021
  80.4% 		5,198,131
Mozambique IOM 31 May 2021
  13.1% 		849,297
Republic of the Congo 31 May 2021
  4.7% 		304,430
Zimbabwe 31 May 2021
  1.7% 		109,522

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    Attacks by armed group displace 20,000 civilians in eastern DRC – UNHCR, 16 July

    UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021

    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent and enhanced measures to protect civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a series of recent attacks by an armed group has displaced nearly 20,000 people in North Kivu province. Read more

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    Forced from their homes, displaced Congolese in dire need of shelter – UNHCR, 16 July

    UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021

    Elodie Kavugho, 41, and her eight children lived in a leaking tent for months before they had a secure roof over their heads again. Read more

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    Mozambican midwife offers a lifeline for displaced mothers to deliver safely – UNHCR, 14 July

    UNHCR, 14 Jul 2021

    When Rosa Saide, 45, fled home last November with her husband, five children and pregnant sister, many thoughts haunted her mind, but she was adamant to escape danger and more importantly, deliver her baby niece safely. Read more

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    • Deputy Director for UNHCR Southern Africa Bureau, Angele Dikongue-Atangana, visiting relocation IDPs site in Nanjua, Ancuabe and meeting with internally displaced and host communities.
      © UNHCR/Deiliany de Souza December 2020

    • Mozambique Families displaced by extremist violence in Cabo Delgado
      © UNHCR/Deiliany de Souza August 2020

    • UNHCR in partnership with the Catholic University of Mozambique has started a pilot project in Josina Machel neighborhood, Pemba city, to provide legal counselling and legal assistance to IDPs and host communities on issues related to birth registration an
      © UNHCR/Deiliany Souza

    • Protection Focal points conduction awareness sessions within their own community. These frontliner workers, identify by their communities, are helping UNHCR team to deliver protection and assistance to displaced people and host communities
      © UNHCR/Juliana Ghazi

    • Violence in northern Mozambique is leading to the displacement of thousands of families in the Province of Cabo Delgado
      ©UNHCR/Eduardo Burmeister, December 2020

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    Please contact the following focal points

    Type of Inquiry Contact
    Donor Relations Joan Allison
    Media Helene Caux
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