Mozambique requests for Air and Naval military support from SA to fight Islamic insurgency. Mozambique is reportedly seeking air and naval military support from South Africa to stop food supplies reaching the Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique, SABC reports.
According to the publication: More than two years after the start of an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique, security forces are still struggling to curb the growing violence that has killed hundreds of civilians and forced thousands of others to flee their homes.
The surge prompted the troika of SADC’s organ on politics to urgently meet in Harare, Zimbabwe, this week to discuss the situation in the Cabo Delgado region. International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says Mozambique has officially requested support from South Africa.
Source – Pindula News
In other news – MDC Vice-President Tendai Biti takes Mnangagwa head-on
MDC Vice-President Tendai Biti takes Mnangagwa head-on. Tendai Biti, the Vice President of the main MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failing to understand statecraft and the principle of the same.
In a frenzied Twitter post on Friday Biti said, “This man has failed &failed in absolute terms. Charema chinhu !! Charamba Chinhu!! Part of his problem is he has never understood Statecraft. He has never understood that…continue reading.
