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Lusa - Business News - Mozambique: Almost 1,500 SA troops to stay in Cabo Delgado until year's end

Maputo, April.24,2024 (Lusa) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the 1,495-strong South African Armed Forces (SANDF) operation to combat terrorism in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, until 31 December this year.
In a letter to the South African parliament, to which Lusa had access today, the head of state said that the extension of the mission, under the so-called ‘Operation Vikela’, will cost 984,368,057 rand (€47.8 million ) and will be valid from 16 April.
‘The SANDF members will continue with their responsibilities in combating acts of terrorism and extremist violence in northern Mozambique,’ reads the letter, dated 15 April and published by parliament in its daily journal last Monday, the 22nd.
Ramaphosa explained that this extension aims to fulfil South Africa's ‘international obligations’ towards the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the fight against terrorism in the region.
A group of (SANDF) soldiers from the SADC mission in Cabo Delgado (SAMIM), called the Delta Team, began leaving Mozambique on 13 April, as part of the withdrawal process that began at the beginning of the month with the Botswana soldiers, as part of their withdrawal from that international mission until July, followed in recent days by a group from Lesotho.
SAMIM has been in Cabo Delgado since mid-2021 and, in August 2023, SADC approved its extension for a further 12 months, until July 2024, providing for a gradual withdrawal plan.
It is not yet known whether any other SADC country will remain in Cabo Delgado, outside of SAMIM, as indicated by South Africa's decision.
The mission comprises troops from eight SADC countries, ‘working in collaboration with the Armed Defence Forces of Mozambique and other troops deployed to Cabo Delgado’.
Mozambique's President, Filipe Nyusi, said on April 18 that Mozambicans should be responsible for the country's defence, given the ongoing withdrawal of SAMIM.
‘We Mozambicans are largely responsible for Mozambique's defence. Our friends will help us. I have said that we are now in a phase of capacity building, building resistance, stabilising the country after the recovery from the problems,’ explained the head of state, speaking to journalists at the end of a visit to Washington about the situation in Cabo Delgado, a province that has been the scene of terrorist attacks over the last six years.
When asked about the ongoing withdrawal of the mission, and the possibility of reinforcing the Rwandan military contingent - which operates out of SAMIM in the province - the Mozambican President didn't want to give any details: ‘We're not going to explain how we're going to work there’.
Faced with the possibility, acknowledged by Rwanda, of reinforcing the current contingent of more than 2,000 men in Cabo Delgado, the Mozambican opposition has criticised this military presence in the country, claiming that it was not discussed in parliament.
‘To say that this has not been discussed in parliament, even the deaths that are being inflicted have not been discussed in parliament,’ quipped Nyusi, guaranteeing that the presence of these troops is the result of previous military agreements and that the presence of the SADC mission has not been discussed by parliamentarians either.
The government said on 26 March that the current state of the war against rebels in Cabo Delgado province justifies the departure of the military mission.
‘The situation we find ourselves in now is very different from the one we were in when this force came to Mozambique. The current situation already justifies its withdrawal,’ said the Mozambican government spokesman, moments after a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Porto.
Filimão Suaze added that the withdrawal of the SADC troops has always been on the table and there is nothing to stop the government from requesting the mission again if it deems it necessary.
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Date : 2024-04-25 10:25:00

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