The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced that as a regional bloc it is determined to help Mozambique fight the jihadist insurgency in the restive north. The resolution was passed during a meeting held on Harare; Zimbabwe attended by the member state leaders.
The resolution was in response to a plea by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security Cooperation. Mozambique recently sought support from the regional body for its battle against a militant insurgency in the northern Cabo Delgado province.
While the nitty-gritty of the promised is yet to be discussed, it is clear that the SADC members have been urging Mozambique to acknowledge the extent of the threat posed by the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) as the insurgency in Cabo Delgado is known as.
Previous intelligence indicates that Zimbabwe special forces have already joined combat in Cabo Delgado and as such the meeting was geared at legitimizing the incursion by the troops by the regional bloc. Additionally, private military companies have been aiding the overwhelmed Mozambican military to fight the insurgency that has appeared to have taken a robust strategy to take over Cabo Delgado.
Security analysts have echoed the importance of a versatile and swift response and approach to defeat ISCAP which is also active in DR. Congo and presumably under IS-Somalia. The insurgency in Mozambique ought to be defeated as it is in a position to spread and draw terrorists from across the larger Great Lakes Region consolidating to pose a major threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, the involvement of the regional bloc to revamp the counterinsurgency efforts will provide back up for the overwhelmed and inexperienced military.
Historically, the acknowledgment and deployment a counterterrorism mission has in the pas been an apt resolution and neutralization of threat caused by the Jihadist wave threatening security in various parts of Africa and the Middle East.
