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Mozambique: Assembly Will Debate Foreign Troops - but Only in October
AIM, 4 August 2021
The governing board of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, its Standing Commission, on Tuesday decided to table for debate at the next full parliamentary… Read more »
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Mozambique: South Africa Sending 1,495 Troops to Cabo Delgado
AIM, 29 July 2021
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 1,495 South African troops to Mozambique, to join the standby force of the Southern African Development… Read more »
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Mozambique: President Authorises Defence Force to Support Mozambique
SAnews.gov.za, 29 July 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the employment of over 1 000 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support Mozambique. Read more »
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Mozambique: Militants Operating in Small Groups
AIM, 28 July 2021
The islamist terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado are now operating in small groups, attacking isolated villages, according to a report in Wednesday's… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Mozambican and Rwandan Forces Overrun Militant Base
AIM, 27 July 2021
Mozambican and Rwandan troops have overrun one of the main bases of the islamist terrorist organization, operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, and known locally as… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Botswana Sends Nearly 300 Troops to Mozambique
VOA, 26 July 2021
Botswana sent 296 troops to Mozambique Monday to join soldiers from other Southern African Development Community, or SADC, countries. The SADC troops are being deployed for the… Read more »
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Southern Africa: SADC - Angola Plans to Deploy Military Advisors in Mozambique
ANGOP, 26 July 2021
Angola said that it plans to send twenty military advisors to Mozambique to help it tackle escalating violence in the country's Cabo Delgado province. Read more »
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Mozambique: Terrorism Wrecking Health and Education Services
AIM, 26 July 2021
The terrorist groups known locally as "Al Shabaab" have wrecked the health and education services in those parts of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado where they… Read more »
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Mozambique: No Reason to Fear Foreign Troops - Nyusi
AIM, 26 July 2021
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Sunday that there is no reason to fear the presence of foreign troops in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Mozambique Will Coordinate SADC Standby Force
AIM, 24 July 2021
South Africa will lead the troops of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) against the terrorist groups operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado,… Read more »
SADC Forces Join Fight Against Mozambique's Insurgency
South Africa is deploying 1,495 troops to Mozambique to join the standby force of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) assisting the Mozambican government in the fight against terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.Botswana was one of the first countries of the 16-nation organization to dispatch soldiers to help fight the insurgency. More troops are expected from other SADC member countries, including Tanzania and Angola, according Mozambique's defence ministry.
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme has warned of a growing hunger crisis, saying nearly 1 million people need food aid as a result of the conflict. The insurgency started in 2017 and has grown rapidly in the past year. The militants have held the port of Mocimboa da Praia for nearly a year and have repeatedly attacked the strategic centre of Palma, forcing the French energy firm Total to suspend its U.S.$20 billion liquified natural gas project there.
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Rwanda has rattled southern African governments by beating them to the frontline against insurgents in northern Mozambique. A standby force from the Southern African Development Read more »
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Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Needs 12,000 Tonnes of Food a Month
AIM, 20 July 2021
The northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado needs at least 12,000 tonnes of food a month to cater for the requirements of hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their… Read more »
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The European Union has created an air bridge to Pemba, capital of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, to deliver life-saving aid to victims of insurgency. The first ... Read more »
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Heads of state within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have approved the deployment of an SADC standby force to Mozambique during a summit held in Maputo. The aim ... Read more »
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In addition to being the poorest province in one of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique's Cabo Delgado has been ravaged by conflict since 2017. Hundreds of thousands of ... Read more »
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In nuanced examinations of the fighting in Cabo Delgado province, a range of analysts renew warnings against over-simpliflying the conflict as one of "jihadist terrorists" against ... Read more »
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At least 51 children, most of them girls, have been abducted by militants in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months, Save the Children, a leading ... Read more »
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The French energy company has withdrawn workers from a U.S.$20 billion gas project in Mozambique after a nearby attack. The French fuel giant Total on April 26 halted work on its ... Read more »
