Mosambik

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the outgoing Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has said he is pleased with progress made in pushing back the insurgents in the Cabo Delgado area of the Republic of Mozambique.

Southern African and Rwandan regional forces which have been fighting in Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado since July 2021 are dispersing Isis-affiliated insurgents -- but also driving them further west and south, displacing more civilians and threatening commercial mines.

Southern African countries agreed on Thursday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency.

At least seven people have died in recent jihadi-related violence in northern Mozambique, local sources said Tuesday, as the United Nations said 10,000 people had fled their homes.

Mozambique and Russia have agreed to strengthened ties during a two-day visit of a top Russian politician to Maputo. Both sides signed a deal in Mozambique's capital aimed at strengthening co-operation between the two country's parliaments, including when it comes to information sharing.

At least three people have been beheaded in a new outbreak of Islamist violence in northern Mozambique, police said Wednesday.

The EU may end up spending millions to prop up Rwanda's defence force in Mozambique with non-lethal equipment. An internal paper dated 3 May from its foreign policy branch, the EEAS, bases the idea on the so-called European Peace Facility.

The Council adopted today a decision amending the assistance measure for support to the Mozambican Armed Forces under the European Peace Facility (EPF) adopted in November 2021, adding a further amount of €45 million. This additional support brings overall EPF support for Mozambique to €89 million in total.

Troops from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have achieved some important results in northern Mozambique, where an insurgency has been ongoing since the end of 2017. … However, there are still attacks across the Cabo Delgado province, and the United Nations Refugee Agency has said it would be premature to encourage displaced people to return to their homes. To resolve the crisis, a joint vision for long-term stability is needed that includes all the forces in Mozambique.

One year after brutal attacks by suspected Al Shabab militants began in northern Mozambique, thousands continue to flee ongoing violence in Cabo Delgado province, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.