Tanzania and Mozambique have this week inked a deal that will allow both nations to improve security as well as protect their shared border that has been used by the insurgents in northern Mozambique.
Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique witnessed the signing of two MoUs one on peace and security and the other on defense cooperation, in Maputo as the Tanzanian leader embarked on a three-day state visit.
President Hassan said that since the two neighbors share a “very long” border, they need a good security system that allows us to protect our border especially since it has been used as an access point that lets in recruits for the insurgency.
These agreements and subsequent collaborations between the two are expected to provide backup for the allied forces that already conducting clearance operations in various districts of Cabo Delgado.
The cooperation is especially welcome at this juncture seeing as the militancy has been making a foray into the southern districts. Since October 2017 when the insurgency began over 4000 people have been killed and over 1,000,000 fled or have been forced out of their homes.
