[The Guardian] Hungry, harassed and alone: Cabo Delgado’s refugee women – in pictures

Hungry, harassed and alone: Cabo Delgado’s refugee women – in pictures

Last year’s insurgent attacks in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region left thousands dead or missing. Hundreds of thousands now live in overcrowded refugee camps or sleep on the streets of safer parts of the country. Many women are on their own, widowed by the fighting or left alone by up to 3,000 men who had little choice but to join the militia. In displacement camps, solo women and girls are vulnerable to rape and violence, and have no idea where to find help

• Report and photographs by Chris Huby

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