SADC puts Mozambique security assistance plan in motion By AT editor - 8 April 2021 at 10:34 pm
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe signaled that regional military support for Mozambique may be on the way in its fight against Islamic State-aligned extremists in the Cabo Delgado region.
Mnangagwa made the comment while talking with reporters following Thursday’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting, called to elevate the urgency with which the violence is being addressed.
“The Summit agreed that the SADC Force should be resuscitated and capacitated immediately so that it can intervene,” said Zimbabwe’s president, who is the outgoing SADC chair for Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.
Published on: Monday, March 15, 2021
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The 10-vehicle convoy was on its way to Gudumbali from the town of Kukawa for a military operation against the insurgents when it came under fire. (AFP)
KANO: Islamic State-aligned jihadists ambushed a Nigerian military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and four militia fighters in the northeastern state of Borno, security sources said.
The convoy came under heavy attack from Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) fighters near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday, the sources said.
The attack was the latest in a jihadist conflict which has killed 36,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in northeast Nigeria since it began more than a decade ago.
updated: Mar 13 2021, 23:00 ist
Islamic State-aligned jihadists ambushed a Nigerian military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and four militia fighters in the northeastern state of Borno, security sources said Saturday.
The convoy came under heavy attack from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday, the sources said.
The attack was the latest in a jihadist conflict which has killed 36,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in northeast Nigeria since it began more than a decade ago. We lost 15 soldiers and four civilian JTF (militia) in the terrorists ambush in the forest near Gudumbali, a military officer, who asked not to be identified, told AFP.