Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican government claims to have no official information about the extension of the mission of the South African armed forces (SANDF) in the fight against Islamist terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
According to the government spokesperson and Deputy Justice Minister, Filimão Suaze who was speaking to reporters, at the end of a meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), on Tuesday, in Maputo, the Mozambican government is unaware of the intention of South Africa to maintain a force in Cabo Delgado.
“We still don’t have any official communication, as we said in the previous communication from the Minister of Defence,” declared Suaze.
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 group of SANDF soldiers.
However, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sent a letter to parliament, stating that this extension seeks to comply with South Africa’s obligations to SADC, in fighting against terrorism in the region.
The other contingents in SAMIM are from Lesotho, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Outside of SAMIM, a contingent from Rwanda is assisting the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM) in resisting the attacks by the jihadists of ASWJ (Ansar al-Sunna Wa Jamma), also known as ISIS-Mozambique.
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