{"id":15026,"date":"2022-03-01T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:17:49","slug":"south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim","title":{"rendered":"South Africa will deploy more troops to Cabo Delgado \u2013 AIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will shortly deploy additional troops to the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in the South African internet portal \u201cDefence Web\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This combat group, to be known as \u201cCombat Team Alpha\u201d will consist of soldiers from the South African 2nd Infantry Battalion and the 1st Parachute Battalion and will \u201crelieve and reinforce South African Special Forces in Mozambique\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambican defence and security forces, in alliance with Rwanda and SADC (Southern African Development Community), are fighting against islamist terrorists in Cabo Delgado. South African troops are a key component of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).<\/p>\n<p>Combat Team Alpha is expected to deploy to Cabo Delgado in the next few weeks. In addition to the troops themselves, between 60 and 80 armoured personnel carriers are expected to be sent to Cabo Delgado, says the \u201cDefence Web\u201d article.<\/p>\n<p>A Special Forces Group from the Fourth Special Forces Regiment will relive the unit from the Fifth Special Forces Regiment that has been deployed in Cabo Delgado since July 2021<\/p>\n<p>Last July President Cyril Ramaphosa promised up to 1,495 members of the SANDF to help Mozambique combat terrorism and violent extremism in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n<p>The South African navy may also send a frigate for \u201cinterdiction patrols\u201d off the coast of Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2022 budget delivered to the South African parliament last Wednesday, the country\u2019s Treasury said that South Africa\u2019s own national security hinges on the stability and prosperity of the African continent and particularly of the SADC region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, the Department of Defence will continue to participate in operations to support peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Mozambique, as part of the SADC standby force\u201d, said the Treasury. \u201cThese deployments will also assist the Department in achieving 100 per cent compliance with its SADC standby force pledge and external operations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will shortly deploy additional troops to the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in the South African internet portal \u201cDefence Web\u201d. This combat group, to be known as \u201cCombat Team Alpha\u201d will consist of soldiers from the South African 2nd Infantry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-15026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa will deploy more troops to Cabo Delgado \u2013 AIM - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will shortly deploy additional troops to the northern Mozambican provin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa will deploy more troops to Cabo Delgado \u2013 AIM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will shortly deploy additional troops to the northern Mozambican provin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-01T15:57:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/03\/img-621e39080c780.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"983\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"658\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa will deploy more troops to Cabo Delgado \u2013 AIM\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-01T15:57:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/03\/img-621e39080c780.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-will-deploy-more-troops-to-cabo-delgado-aim\",\"name\":\"South Africa will deploy more troops to Cabo Delgado \u2013 AIM - 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