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Rwanda, Mozambique review security situation in Cabo Delgado

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On 9 January, Rwandan and Mozambican security officials met in Rwanda’s capital Kigali to review the security situation in the fight against insurgents in...

SADC Summit focuses on Mozambique insurgency

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Mozambique is the sole agenda item for Friday’s first Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the year. The virtual...

Special Forces operator death not in vain

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The death of a South African Special Forces operator in a firefight with ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah) insurgents in Mozambique will not be...

SA soldier death in Mozambique a pointer to insufficient asset deployment

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The first South African soldier to die a combat death in the current regional offensive against Islamist insurgents in Mozambique - while tragic -...

South African soldier killed during combat in Mozambique

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A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was shot and killed by insurgents in Cabo Delgado whilst fighting with the SADC...

Half a dozen stolen luxury vehicles recovered on SA borders

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has applauded members deployed in Mpumalanga near the Mozambican border who have intercepted and recovered six high-end...

Pandor confirms SAMIM extension, gives no timeline

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Naledi Pandor, the South African government’s senior international relations and co-operation go-to person, told her last media briefing of the year the Southern African...

Mabuza warns on Mozambique insurgency spilling over

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South African deputy president David Mabuza maintains the possibility of the ongoing insurgency in Mozambique spilling into neighbouring states cannot be ignored. The South African...

Lesotho soldier is latest SAMIM fatality

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A Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldier died of unspecified - non-combat related – causes while serving with the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), adding...

2 SAI readying for SAMIM deployment

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South African military involvement in Mozambique by way of an SADC (Southern African Development Community) Mission looks set to increase with 2 SA Infantry...

International Organisation for Migration donates vehicles to Mozambique’s police

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The United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has donated six Mahindra pickup trucks to the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) to...

Africom chief concludes southern African visit

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US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, has wrapped up a multi-country trip to the Southern Africa region, where he visited civilian...

SAMIM forces take down ASWJ terrorists

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The SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) reports the deaths of 11 Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ) terrorists in northern Mozambique’s Macomia district. A SAMIM communique...

Africom chief visits SA to strengthen defence ties

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As part of a regional visit, the US military's Africa Command chief, General Stephen Townsend, has met with senior members of the South African...

South African Airways cancels daily Mozambique flights, adjusts other schedules

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The South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will be removing return daily flights from Maputo, Mozambique, from its schedule at the beginning...

South Africa needs stronger defence force to deal with threats like...

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At the moment the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is overburdened and will have to pick and choose where it deploys to due...

Fridge failure in Mozambique sees SA soldiers on dry rations

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South African soldiers in Mozambique as part of SAMIM (SADC Mission in Mozambique) used dry rations for days after a “mobile pantry storage unit”...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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A panel discussion at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event today discussed the humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado. Zenaida Machado, senior researcher at Human...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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Anton Mifsud-Bonnici, member of the advisory board at Marlow Strategy, at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event today discussed the commercial risks and...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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A panel discussion at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event today discussed the role of the private security sector and defence industry in...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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A panel discussion at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event today discussed South Africa’s response to the insurgency in Cabo Delgado. Kobus Marais, Democratic...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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A panel discussion at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event today explained the role of external forces in Cabo Delgado. Professor Francois Very, associate...

Live event summary: Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique

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Liesl Louw-Vaudran, Senior Researcher and Project Leader, Institute for Security Studies, who gave the keynote address at defenceWeb’s Countering the Insurgency in Mozambique event...

SAMIM “neutralising terrorists”

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The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has made progress against insurgents in Cabo Delgado province, neutralised terrorists and seizing weapons...

ISS: Rule of law prevails on Chang extradition – but at...

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The decision that Mozambique’s former finance minister be extradited to the US will test Pretoria’s relations with Maputo. Johannesburg’s High Court kept Pretoria legal, but...

Feature: Unravelling the origins of Mozambique’s insurgency

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Political and economic exclusion, poverty and radicalisation came together to create the insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, and although military intervention has driven...

Mozambique president sacks defence minister

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Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday sacked defence minister Jaime Neto, without giving a reason or announcing a replacement. Neto was responsible for managing the...

South African court rules ex-Mozambique finance minister should be extradited to...

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A South African court on Wednesday ruled that Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang should be extradited to the United States, overturning a decision...

SAMIM takes out three ASWJ bases

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In addition to overrunning three Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ) bases, SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) forces rescued eight women and five children believed...

More transparency needed from Rwanda, Mozambique on counter-insurgency – Louw-Vaudran

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External military forces in the insurgent-torn Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique have done an effective job so far in quelling a brutal Islamist...

Smugglers drop dagga and run

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Ongoing efforts of dagga smugglers to service South African users of the drug regularly encounter a stronger counter effort by soldiers deployed to ensure,...

SAMIM marks milestones in counter-insurgency fight

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In its first official communique since deploying a regional force to Mozambique just on four months ago, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) says...

Mozambique hosts regional emergency and humanitarian centre

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A hundred and seventy kilometres separates Pemba in Mozambique’s strife-torn Cabo Delgado from Nacala in Nampula where the planned Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

Repurposing of SANDF needed to tackle terrorism and border insecurity –...

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The insurgency by Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ) in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado has provided an opportunity for Southern African Development Community (SADC) member...

EU training for Mozambican military starts

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An EU training mission in Mozambique started work in earnest this week as part of an overall initiative to train a thousand plus Mozambican...

Top SADC official calls on SAMIM

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A visit by the executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to troubled Mozambique, where the regional bloc has deployed a multi-national...

SA C-in-C authorises Mozambique deployment for three more months

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The South African flag will remain part of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) until at least mid-January. President Cyril Ramaphosa as Commander-in-Chief of the...

Shadow defence minister highlights importance of South Africa’s role in Cabo...

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South Africa has an economic and regional interest in securing Cabo Delgado from the insurgency led by Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ), according to...

As pressure increases, Cabo Delgado militants scatter into East Africa

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Shaky cellphone videos captured the scene of a lone terrorist engaged in a shootout with police on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,...

Less than a month to go until defenceWeb event on countering...

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In less than a month’s time, defenceWeb will be hosting a virtual event on regional and international efforts to counter the insurgency in Mozambique,...

EU NavFor Somalia ready to assist EUTM Mozambique

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Two European Union (EU) missions on the eastern side of Africa are in discussion on how best to assist in hotspot Mozambique. The European bloc...

Credit Suisse to pay $475 mln to resolve Mozambican scandal charges

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Credit Suisse Group will pay about $475 million to American and British authorities to resolve bribery and fraud charges relating to a $2 billion...

Cabo Delgado insurgency is far from over – Opperman

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The introduction of external security forces into Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has proven pivotal in the battle to reclaim the region from an Islamist...

EU Military Training Mission in Mozambique set to start operations

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The European Union (EU) Council has launched the European Union Military Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique), the Council announced on 15 October. “The mission...

Traditional terrorism could mean trouble for security forces in Mozambique –...

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Globalisation, more traditional forms of terrorism and a lack of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) could be major vulnerabilities to the Southern African Development...

Mozambique’s police kill leader of armed splinter group of main opposition...

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Mozambique’s police said on Monday that they had killed the commander of an armed wing of a breakaway faction of the main opposition group...

UNICEF concerned about child soldier reports from Mozambique

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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) added its voice to that of Human Right Watch regarding “worrying reports” of child soldiers in Mozambique. “Unverified video material...

SAMIM extended – new timeframe not known

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Soldiers from five Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries will be in Mozambique for longer than the original three month deployment announced by...

Mozambique president calls on insurgents to surrender after key militant killed

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Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi urged Islamist militants in its far north to surrender on Monday, saying they had nowhere to run, after allied Rwandan,...

President Ramaphosa convenes SADC’s summit on Mozambique

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will today chair an Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika Plus the Republic of Mozambique in...