Tag: Mozambique
Xinavane airstrip important cog for SAMIM logistics
SA Army two-star Xolani Mankayi, Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Force Commander, has just completed an extensive visit to all SAMIM...
Mozambican body burning video will be investigated – SADC
The regional body which authorised the multinational military deployment to Mozambique to combat terrorism – the Southern African Development Community (SADC) – has added...
“Disgusting” Moz body burning video prompts calls for urgent investigation and...
Two political parties and the country’s largest military trade union want speedy action following possible involvement of South African soldiers in what appears to...
Gruesome Mozambique video investigated
A brief, but graphic, video on social media seemingly showing South African soldiers complicit in burning bodies has drawn the comment “despicable” from the...
US donates coastal patrol boat to Mozambique
Ongoing security co-operation between the United States (US) and Mozambique has seen a 10m coastal patrol boat added to the Mozambican Navy fleet.
In addition...
Mozambique takes “historic” UNSC seat
June 7, 2022 was "an historic date," according to Mozambique's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Pedro Comissário Afonso, when his country won its...
SARS seizes R5 mn worth of Mandrax manufacturing substance
South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs officers have seized a substance used to manufacture the drug Mandrax.
This seizure happened while the officers where inspecting...
Mocimboa da Praia port back in business as Cabo Delgado fighting...
Northern Mozambican commercial port Mocimboa da Praia is open and operating more than two years after it was captured by ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa...
The forgotten cape
Geography. History. Politics. Mistakes. They All Play a Part in the Rise of Violent Extremism in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province
As young men prowled the...
SADC ExecSec experiences SAMIM terrorist pursuit
Three days and four separate calls to SAMIM (Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique) areas of operation in the southern African country ended...
Mozambique acquires transport aircraft from Paramount Group
Mozambique’s armed forces have taken delivery of two refurbished transport aircraft acquired from Paramount Group.
A Let-410 and a CN235M were recently handed over to...
ISS: Can Mozambique’s march to authoritarianism be stopped?
With outside attention focused on violent extremism and gas exports, Mozambique’s democratic backsliding is proceeding apace.
In his first three years after becoming president in...
SAMIM finance and logistics a concern for AU Peace and Security...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) is the beneficiary of aid – financial, equipment and humanitarian – from continental blocs...
No clear exit for SAMIM in Mozambique
The SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has been extended multiple times, and violence continues to affect the northern regions of the country in spite...
Guide to the Mozambique Navy
Mozambique has one of the most impressive fleets of any small navy – on paper anyway. It is equipped with futuristic trimaran offshore patrol...
Rwandan troops uncover second Cabo Delgado weapons cache
Rwandan soldiers uncovered another ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah) weapons cache in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado – the second in seven days.
The weapons were found...
Massive weapons cache unearthed in Cabo Delgado
Rwandan soldiers in Mozambique unearthed a massive cache of weapons and ammunition in what is described as “pre-emptive action” to prevent ASWJ (Al Sunnah...
ISS: Mozambique’s people should come before resources
The discovery of large gas deposits in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of northern Mozambique in 2011 made Mozambicans dream of prosperity. They...
ISS: New research in Cabo Delgado sheds light on Mozambique’s violent...
Conflict erupted in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province just a few years after some of Africa’s biggest gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma...
Military action alone not enough for peace in Cabo Delgado –...
Problems in Cabo Delgado will not be overcome by military means alone, a senior Mozambican religious leader told a meeting in Pemba where he...
SAMIM now a combined multi-dimensional mission
Fourteen months since arriving in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) is transitioning from a full...
Massive military funding boost for SAMIM
Financial support to the tune of 15 million Euros (R260 million plus) will see the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM)...
Mozambican IDPs back home
On one hand, hostilities continue while on the other people displaced by ongoing conflict in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado are being moved home.
According to the...
ISS analysis supports SADC deployment in Mozambique
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has been on the ground in the troubled east African country for over a...
SAMIM announces death of Lesotho soldier in accident
A member of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has passed away in Mozambique after a vehicle accident, the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has...
Mozambique peacebuilding efforts extend to GBV
Efforts by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to restore some semblance of normal life in northern Mozambique include assisting people displaced by conflict...
SAMIM mandate temporarily extended
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) deployment to troubled Cabo Delgado – on the ground for a year now – has had its term...
Rebuilding Cabo Delgado a daunting task
Mozambique’s restive northeastern province is abuzz with action.
Despite recent losses, violent insurgents continue to attack villages and residents, while thousands of security forces fight...
SA Sapper dies in Mozambique
A 51-year-old Sapper died in a military level two hospital in Pemba in what appears to be a medical, rather than a combat, fatality.
Staff...
Pemba peacebuilding meeting hears confidence and trust essential in Cabo Delgado
SAMIM (SADC Mission in Mozambique) peacebuilding efforts in conflict ravaged Cabo Delgado has to see confidence in and trust returned between communities and officialdom,...
Combat Team Alpha sets up base in Macomia ahead of operations
The arrival of Combat Team Alpha (CTA) in Mozambique strengthens the South African military presence in the regional task force and, as is the...
Maphwanya visits SADC Mission in Mozambique
The Chief of the South African National Defence Force, General Rudzani Maphwanya, has paid a visit to the Southern African Development Community’s Mission in...
$300 million needed to rebuild Cabo Delgado
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has actively suppressed ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah) Islamist terrorist activity in Mozambique for 11 months and the...
Replacement South African combat team moving to Cabo Delgado
Elements of 2 SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion are heading to Mozambique as part of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Combat Team Alpha rotation...
Mocimboa da Praia residents return to the port city
Another step on the road to normality in the northern Mozambican port Mocimboa da Praia this week saw a busload of internally displaced people...
Islamic State on the run in Mozambique, but battles remain
Bernardino Rafael is not prone to hyperbole, but his recent comments about the war on terrorism in northern Mozambique were optimistic.
The general commander of...
Insurgents behead Cabo Delgado locals as food shortage bites
Beheadings appear to be resurgent in strife-torn northern Mozambique with a conflict observatory reporting at least six people killed in this manner in the...
ISS: Ugandan soldiers in Cabo Delgado could add fuel to the...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently announced his intention to provide military and economic support to Mozambique to help fight violent extremism in the northern...
Mozambique’s Nyusi thanks Rwandan soldiers for anti-terrorist effort
The efforts of Rwandan soldiers to bring ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah) Islamists to heel in northern Mozambique has been officially noted by President...
SAMIM Force Commander calls on troops
The South African two-star general commanding the SAMIM (SADC Mission in Mozambique) force told his troops “challenges will be resolved” to ensure soldiers are...
Dorado boats integral to MRS patrols off Mozambique
An integral part of the maritime component of SAMIM (Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique) is shallow water island patrols conducted by elements...
SANDF committed to Cabo Delgado civil-military co-operation
The primary task of South African military personnel in Cabo Delgado is to end an Islamist insurgency. At the same time the South African...
Defence Minister to elaborate on spoiled rations in Mozambique
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has been granted time to study the Military Ombud report on bad and spoilt military rations in...
President Ramaphosa extends Op Vikela until April 2023
South African military personnel and materiel will be in northern Mozambique until mid-April next year in support of what President Cyril Ramaphosa writes is...
Bad rations in Mozambique blamed on mobile pantry malfunction
Concerns about bad rations for South African soldiers in Mozambique were first raised in Parliament last November with a Military Ombud investigative team on...
European Union provides more funding for Mozambican military
The European Union has provided another €45 million in funding for Mozambique’s military, and this will include equipment, supplies and training.
The European Union Council...
Mozambique duty for SAS Spioenkop
A South African Navy (SAN) Valour Class frigate with a Maritime Reaction Squadron (MRS) element aboard is doing duty in Mozambican waters as the...
SANDF gives an update on Mozambique deployment
Chief of the South African National Defence Force, General Rudzani Maphwanya, yesterday briefed the media on the status of the country's deployment in Mozambique’s...
SAMIM “transit” to lower level confirmed by SADC
A top “organ” of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved downscaling the regional bloc’s military commitment to strife-torn northern Mozambique.
SAMIM (SADC Mission in...
ISS: SADC and Rwanda shouldn’t go it alone in Mozambique
Troops from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have achieved some important results in northern Mozambique, where an insurgency has been ongoing...