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AFRICA

Kagame: US sanctions won’t weaken Rwanda’s defence forces

Rwandan President Paul Kagame rejects US sanctions on the defence forces, defending national security measures and warning of FDLR threats

  • Kelvin Jakachira
5 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
ANGOLA

SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents

South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents

  • Erika Gibson
5 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
CABO DELGADO

South Africa Navy’s strike craft lands in Mozambique

We reveal details of the South African National Defence Force’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community’s military mission to rid Mozambique of insurgents

  • Erika Gibson
3 min read
A destroyed house is seen in the village of Aldeia da Paz in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Organised attacks by insurgents are forcing residents to flee the strife-torn province. (Marco Longari/ AFP)
CABO DELGADO

A number of countries are offering military support to Mozambique to quell violent extremism in Cabo Delgado

The countries offering training are the SADC, Italy, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States while it appears that Rwanda ‘has plans to deploy’

  • Craig Moffat
8 min read