Mozambique: African Troops Will Remain in Cabo Delgado

Maputo — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended to the end of this year the operation of the South African armed forces (SANDF), in the fight against islamist terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

South Africa provided the largest continent to SAMIM (the SADC Military Mission in Mozambique). SAMIM is now winding down, and the last SAMIM troops should leave Mozambique by July.

The first contingent to leave was that from Botswana in early April, followed by a…