A man carries a mattress as he arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba from northern Mozambique on May 22, 2021 after fleeing from violence wreaked by Islamist insurgents. SADC on June 23, 2021 endorsed a plan to send a regional force to the Cabo Delgado province, the hotspot of the escalating terrorist attacks. PHOTO | AFP
Southern African countries on Wednesday approved the deployment of troops to help fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency in northern Mozambique.
The 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) members, at the extra-ordinary summit held in the Mozambican capital Maputo, endorsed a plan to send a regional force to the Cabo Delgado province, the hotspot of the escalating terrorist attacks.
