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SADC Extends Deployment Of Troops Fighting Militants In North

July 15 2022

Mozambique

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional organization has provisionally approved an extension of its military mission in Mozambique, reports Bloomberg News.

The SADC deployed troops to Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province in 2021 to help local forces fight the ISIS-linked Ansar Sunnah militant group.

The extension is provisional until a meeting of the SADC heads of state on Aug. 17-18.

The SADC forces and a contingent of Rwandan troops have helped Mozambique...

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