JOHANNESBURG – Southern African regional bloc SADC said on Tuesday it had approved the extension of a troop deployment in Mozambique to help the country fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency.“Summit approved the extension of the SAMIM (SADC Mission in Mozambique) to continue with offensive operations against terrorists and violent extremists,” the bloc said in a statement after a meeting in Pretoria.The SADC troop deployment was initially for three months and due to end on October 15. The statement did not say how long the approved extension was for.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa SADC will not tolerate terrorism when he opened the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community Organ Troika plus the Republic of Mozambique in Pretoria.Ramaphosa chairs the summit in his capacity as chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.Ramaphosa said the insurgency had “the potential to affect the stability of the region and our people’s lives.”But he added […]
SADC extend troop deployment in Moz to fight insurgency
