Southern Africa sending troops to Mozambique

Rwandan Defence Forces and policemen

Rwandan Defence Forces and policemen board a Rwandair plane for the mission in Mozambique in July at Kanombe airport. PHOTOS  | FILE

Buoyed by the Rwandan military’s early successes in tackling the Mozambican Islamist insurgents, Southern African countries have started deploying forces to the troubled country to counter the terrorists.

Rwanda sent 1,000 troops early this month to fight the extremists in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region following months of haggling by Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders over the nature of the military intervention to end the bloody conflict that began in 2017.