Tag: SADC
The Past Week in Defence #48 (5 April – 11 April...
In this week’s edition, on the continent, Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles, The Nigerian Navy records a substantial number of recent acquisitions, A Southern...
SADC commits to finding solution to Mozambique attacks
SADC Heads of State have reiterated commitment to contribute towards the efforts of bringing about lasting peace and security, as well as reconciliation and...
SADC technical team heading to Mozambique
The major outcome of high-level Southern African Development Community (SADC) meetings on the increasingly volatile situation in northern Mozambique is an immediate deployment of...
Mozambique seeks targeted foreign support to help tackle insurgency -president
Mozambique has told the international community what support it needs to deal with an Islamic State-linked insurgency, but for reasons of sovereignty it will...
An overview of foreign security involvement in Mozambique
A number of private security companies, foreign governments and militaries have become involved in Mozambique in its fight against the insurgency in Cabo Delgado,...
Call for SADC military intervention in Mozambique
Last month’s escalation in violence in northern Mozambique appears to have sparked the sub-continent’s regional bloc into action with no less than six Southern...
SADC “concerned” over Cabo Delgado violence
With a meeting of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security looming large to address the northern Mozambique situation,...
ISS: Mozambique on a knife’s edge with its Cabo Delgado insurgency
Although SADC is the first responder to the crisis, the AU’s hands aren’t completely tied.
Last week the world witnessed a dramatic attack on the Mozambican town...
SA warned on Mozambique insurrection last year
More than seven months after the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) called for continental assistance to be given to troubled Mozambique, the call has...
ISS: Terrorism in Mozambique needs African solutions
On 14 December, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi convened a meeting of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence...
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Joint Standing Committee on Defence shows short memory span
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) publicly acknowledged the “exceptional leadership” of outgoing SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke last...
