The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, said that the Mozambique Defense and Security Forces had expelled the terrorists from all the areas they occupied in the province of Cabo Delgado in the north of the country.
“Our defense and security forces, also assisted by local forces, continue to ruthlessly pursue the terrorists, pushing them out of all the areas they have occupied until 2021,” Filipe Nyusi said on Thursday evening in Maputo at a reception in honor of his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto who is in the country on a state visit.
The province of Cabo Delgado has been facing armed insurgents for nearly six years now, with some attacks carried out by the Islamic State extremist group.
An armed insurgency has resulted in retaliatory hostilities since July 2021, supported by Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating areas near gas projects, but more attacks have taken place in the south of the region and in a neighboring province. , from Nampula.
“Efforts are continuing to combat the terrorists who are attacking some areas of the province of Cabo Delgado, combining multilateral and bilateral cooperation from SADC through SAMIM. [Missão Militar da África Austral]and Rwanda, respectively,” the President of Mozambique detailed when describing the situation to William Ruto.
The governments of Mozambique and Kenya signed on Thursday in Maputo as part of this state visit four memorandums of understanding and four agreements, one of which concerns defense.
“Because counterterrorism challenges are common and require concerted efforts, even before a formal defense and security agreement, we are already working with your country, welcoming the experience of Kenya, which has successfully dealt with this scourge for many years. “, stressed Filipe Nyusi in the same speech, referring to his Kenyan counterpart.
The conflict in northern Mozambique has already displaced one million people, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and killed about 4,000 people, according to the ACLED Conflict Registration Project.
Both countries have been hit by attacks linked to extremist groups Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State.
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