The latest figure is a sharp increase on the early August tally of seven hundred and twelve Mozambicans who are reported to have fled into Zimbabwe in recent months to escape alleged attacks by opposition Renamo fighters.
According to the Manica Post newspaper conditions are often grim for those arriving in Chipinge, with water and food shortages at a camp in Mutoki Village which has no toilets.
Renamo waged a sixteen-year war in Mozambique whicht ended in 1992.
