Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency, as military and security sources said late Wednesday there had been fresh clashes with Islamist militants in northern Mozambique.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the deployment of the “SADC Standby Force in support of Mozambique to combat… terrorism and acts of violent extremism in Cabo Delgado,” Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax said at the end of a one-day summit.
She gave no details of the strength of the force or how long it would be deployed.
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Source: Global Times