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Southern Africa: An Attack On One Is an Attack On All - Mnangagwa
AIM, 20 May 2020
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned on Tuesday that any attack on a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), including Mozambique, is an act of… Read more »
SADC Backs Mozambique in Fight Against Insurgents
In a communiqué after an Extra-Ordinary Summit held in Zimbabwe, the security body of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has "committed" the regional organisation to help Mozambique fight the insurgency which is gaining momentum in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado. Although the statement did not say whether SADC would send troops to fight the militants, the Chairperson of the SADC Troika, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the situation in Mozambique called for "an enhanced joint action given the transnational nature of the terrorist groups".
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19 May 2020
Communiqué of the Extraordinary SADC Organ Troika Plus Republic of Mozambique Summit of Heads of State and Government Held in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa: SADC Troika Rallies Behind Mozambique
The Herald, 20 May 2020
SADC states have been urged to support Mozambique's fight against terrorists and armed groups attacking civilians and infrastructure in Cabo Delgado Province in the north-east of… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Leaders 'Commit' SADC to Helping Mozambique Fight Jihadist Insurgency
Daily Maverick, 20 May 2020
Details of the support are now being discussed, a SADC official says. International gas companies are on edge as some attacks happened close to installations they are constructing. Read more »
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Mozambique: Insurgents Destroy Catholic Mission
AIM, 19 May 2020
Islamist terrorists last Tuesday destroyed a Catholic mission run by Benedictine monks at Awasse, in Mocimboa da Praia district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo… Read more »
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Mozambique: Urgent Opportunity to Assist Mozambique Civilians At Risk
HRW, 19 May 2020
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meeting today in Harare, Zimbabwe, to discuss the increasing threat to civilians in Mozambique. Four heads of state are… Read more »
InFocus
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC organ on politics, defence and security cooperation's meeting with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi comes after Mozambique's ... Read more »
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The Tanzanian government has deployed troops to its porous border area with Mozambique's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, in an effort to boost security after insurgents have been ... Read more »
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At least 52 young villagers in Mozambique's troubled northernmost province have been killed by insurgents. Police say that the villagers in Cabo Delgado province were "massacred", ... Read more »
