Southern African leaders postpone summit on Mozambique insurgency
An internally displaced man gestures as he arrives in Pemba on April 1, 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coast of Palma, Mozambique. PHOTO | ALFREDO ZUNIGA | AFP
Southern African leaders have postponed an extraordinary meeting that was to discuss a plan to deploy troops to counter insurgency in Mozambique.
The meeting between leaders of Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique, that was scheduled for Thursday, was to receive a report from a Southern African Development Community (Sadc) security assessment team that recommended the immediate deployment of a 3000-strong rapid response force in the Cabo Delgado region.
