{"id":31406,"date":"2021-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=9eadc7c9557f89ec31aa429d2f74e067"},"modified":"2021-07-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T00:00:00","slug":"south-africa-sends-1500-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-jihadists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/south-africa-sends-1500-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-jihadists\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa sends 1,500 troops to Mozambique to fight jihadists"},"content":{"rendered":"
MAPUTO, July 31 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) \u2014 South Africa is sending 1,495 troops to Mozambique to help its neighbour battle jihadists wreaking havoc in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province north of the country. Soldiers will be a part of a growing multinational force there.<\/P>
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In a statement, the parliament said President Cyril Ramaphosa had authorised the deployment to support Mozambique in its fight against \u201cacts of terrorism and violent extremists\u201d.<\/P>
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Attacks have escalated in northern Mozambique over the past year, fuelling fears the violence could spill over into neighbouring countries.<\/P>
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Since 2017, the Cabo Delgado region has been battered by a bloody jihadist insurgency that has killed more than 3,100 people, according to conflict data tracker ACLED, and displaced more than 800,000 people.<\/P>
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The three-month mission for South Africa\u2019s force \u2014 from July 15 to October 15 \u2014 is part of a deal agreed in June by the 16 nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).<\/P>
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The operation is expected to cost the country more than 984 million rand, said the parliamentary statement.<\/P>
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South Africa is the latest country in the region to despatch troops to Mozambique after Botswana which sent its soldiers on Monday. Earlier this month, Rwanda sent in a 1,000-strong force.<\/P>
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Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK<\/P>
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MAPUTO, July 31 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) \u2014 South Africa is sending 1,495 troops to Mozambique to help its neighbour battle jihadists wreaking havoc in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province north of the country. Soldiers will be a part of a growing multinational f…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n