Mosambik

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on a visit to the troubled northern Cabo Delgado province Monday, unveiled the Southern African troops sent to fight the region's insurgents. The Southern African Development Community's Standby Force includes troops from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Tanzania.

To support Mozambique’s effort to build its maritime security capacity, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said it has been providing assistance to law enforcement stakeholders and other national institutions in collaboration with regional and international partners and in cooperation with the Government of Mozambique.

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. … More troops are expected from other SADC member countries, including Tanzania and Angola, according Mozambique's defence ministry.

Rwanda has sent a 1 000-strong force to the southern African nation of Mozambique to help it combat an escalating Islamic State-linked insurgency. The fighting took place between 24 and 28 July in the regions of Mbau and Awase.

The three-month mission for South Africa’s force, effective from July 15 to October 15, is part of a deal agreed last month by the 16 nations of the regional Southern African Development Community (SADC). South Africa becomes the latest regional country to contribute troops to Mozambique after Botswana. Earlier this month, Rwanda sent in 1,000 forces.

Botswana sent 296 troops to Mozambique Monday to join soldiers from other Southern African Development Community, or SADC, countries.

[…] The “request for the intervention of SADC in Cabo Delgado has been formally finalized,” Mozambique’s Defense Minister Jaime Neto told AFP via telephone.

Rwanda deployed a joint force of army and police to Mozambique's troubled northern province of Cabo Delgado to help fight "Islamic State"-linked militants. Not everyone is happy about Kigali's move.

The Council today adopted a decision setting up an EU military training mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). The aim of the mission is to train and support the Mozambican armed forces in protecting the civilian population and restoring safety and security in the Cabo Delgado province. … The mandate of the mission will initially last two years.

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 islamist terrorism.