{"id":22717,"date":"2020-05-03T21:59:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=22717"},"modified":"2020-05-03T21:59:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T19:59:21","slug":"mangwana-denies-ed-has-deployed-troops-to-fight-jihadists-in-moza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mangwana-denies-ed-has-deployed-troops-to-fight-jihadists-in-moza","title":{"rendered":"Mangwana denies ED has deployed troops to fight Jihadists in Moza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INFORMATION Ministry permanent secretary has denied swirling reports President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight to northern Mozambique to help fight an Islamic insurgency that erupted a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The claims have set twitter buzzing with critics slamming the underfire Zanu PF led government for acting outside the law.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist and government critic Hopewell Chinono said, \u201cby law, Mnangagwa should inform Parliament, it can reject &amp; recall them or simply give a nod &amp; a wink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22719\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/Nick-Mangwana-tweet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/Nick-Mangwana-tweet1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/Nick-Mangwana-tweet1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INFORMATION Ministry permanent secretary has denied swirling reports President Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed troops to fight to northern Mozambique to help fight an Islamic insurgency that erupted a few years ago. 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