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Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in December 2024

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 41 events of organized violence in Mozambique in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 125. The low estimate is 113 and the high estimate is 180. UCDP counts 119 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2024 was 37 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Mozambique, December 2024 has the highest count of events. Mozambique holds 2 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2024.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Mozambique, December 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Cabo Delgado province814
Inhambane province11
Manica province23
Maputo city province48
Maputo province731
Nampula province717
Sofala province638
Tete province311
Zambézia province22
Figure 1. Events in Mozambique, December 2024. The map shows 41 events with 125 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Mozambique has each event.

Table 2. Mozambique, December 2024: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 41 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
23 Dec 2024Sofala provinceGovernment of Mozambique; CiviliansOne-sided272727
23 Dec 2024Maputo provinceGovernment of Mozambique; CiviliansOne-sided181818

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Mozambique: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Mozambique39121
IS48
Naparama12

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 4. Mozambique: events by type of violence, December 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict25%
Non-state conflict12%
One-sided violence against civilians3893%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Mozambique, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202614P20PCandidate Events
August 20263P22PCandidate Events
July 20268P37PCandidate Events
June 20269P50PCandidate Events
May 202616P62PCandidate Events
April 20268P19PCandidate Events
March 20261P13PCandidate Events
February 20267P45PCandidate Events
January 20264P19PCandidate Events
December 2025814GED
November 20251789GED
October 20251534GED
September 20252270GED
August 20251437GED
July 20251657GED
June 20251375GED
May 20251165GED
April 2025735GED
March 20251937GED
February 20251547GED
January 20252750GED
December 202441125GED
November 20243785GED
October 20242752GED
September 2024421GED
August 2024511GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/mozambique/month/2024-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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