MOZAMBBIQUE’S President Filipe Nyusi on Sunday expressed his gratitude to African countries sending troops to help fight insurgents in the north of the country. Nyusi lauded soldiers already sent by Rwanda as regional allies prepared to deploy their own forces.
The 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed late last month to send troops to Mozambique’s insurgent-hit Cabo Delgado province. That military intervention was formalised a week after east African nation Rwanda announced it was starting to deploy 1,000 troops to the area.
In a rare comment on the deployment, Nyusi who long resisted foreign intervention, thanked SADC and Rwanda for the mobilisation.
“The mandate of foreign forces is to help Mozambican forces restore peace and stability,” Nyusi said in an address to the nation.
“We should not fear the presence of foreign forces in our country,” he added. “We should be afraid of being alone in fighting terrorism.”
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