SADC extends troop deployment in Mozambique

SADC extends troop deployment in Mozambique

Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed on Thursday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, Reuters reported.

The countries, linked in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agreed last year to send troops to Mozambique.

The mission’s mandate was set to end on Friday but has been extended on an interim basis until an SADC heads of state summit in mid-August, when a more detailed report on the mission’s progress will be considered.

Closing Thursday’s virtual summit, SADC chairperson and Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said the extension of the troop deployment prevented the mission from being compromised.

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