Owen Gagare Share Families wait outside the port of Pemba on April 1 for a boat of evacuees from the coast of Palma, Mozambique. So far, Islamic State-affiliated insurgents have killed more than 2 000 people and displaced more than 750 000. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP
Following the recent military siege on the Mozambican northern town of Palma by Islamic State-linked insurgents who have killed dozens of people, including a Zimbabwean and a South African, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have deployed special forces to the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province.
Security sources told The NewsHawks this week that Zimbabwe deployed special combat forces to help Mozambicans with the Palma “sweeping campaign” at the end of last month, a week after the deadly attack.
Zimbabwe deploys reconnaisance special forces to Mozambique
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We cannot sit back, watch Mozambique terror: President
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Zimbabwe: We Cannot Sit Back, Watch Mozambique Terror – President
21 hours ago
By Political Editor
ROBUST action will be taken against insurgents in neighbouring Mozambique as an attack on any member state is an attack on all, while in Zimbabwe Zanu PF structures should ensure communities are on high-security alert to preserve the peace in the country, President Mnangagwa said.
Addressing the 351st session of the Politburo at the Zanu PF headquarters yesterday, President Mnangagwa said despite the declaration by the United Nations (UN) for 2021 as the “International Year of Peace and Trust”, “it is disheartening to note that the region is under attack”.