Prime

SADC extends troop deployment in Mozambique

Mozambican soldiers in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province.

Mozambican soldiers in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province. SADC leaders agree to extend the mandate of a regional troop deployment fighting insurgents in Cabo Delgado. PHOTO | AFP

By  Kitsepile Nyathi

Correspondent in Harare, Zimbabwe

Nation Media Group

Southern African leaders on Wednesday agreed to extend the mandate of a regional troop deployment fighting insurgents in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado.

Countering insurgency

Related

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  2. Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  3. East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

  4. PRIME Why US proposal to expand Sudan arms embargo is stirring debate

Latest

  1. PRIME IMF, World Bank overhaul debt rules for African economies

  2. PRIME What awaits Ugandan troops in Gaza demilitarisation plan

  3. PRIME Scramble on for $62bn rare earths, niobium in Kenya’s Mrima Hill

  4. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

In the headlines

View All