The Southern African countries must come together and help Mozambique fend off an escalating jihadist insurgency in a remote northern region of the country.
This is a very huge threat to the SADC region, which is curently trying to deal with the outbreak of the coronavirus and there is fear that the group which has escalated attacks in Mozambique is linked to the Al Shabbab which also killed thousands of people in Somalia.
Some of the presidents of the SADC nations met in Harare and condemned the "armed attacks and acts of sabotage perpetrated by the terrorists and armed groups".
A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities in Mozambique's Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1,100 people, according to reports and this put the whole SADC region under threat.
It is believed that the militia group have grown bolder and has since upped its attacks over the past two months, stepping up attacks and venturing into towns as part of a declared campaign to establish an Islamist caliphate.
In a statement, the heads of state urged members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to support the Mozambique government.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is the currect chair of the SADC committee urged the region to "stand shoulder-to-shoulder" and join forces against the jihadists killing scores of civilians and destroying private and state property.
He was reportedly saying that the terrorist threat had "assumed greater proportions" in the past decade and was now "becoming increasingly complex", he said.
These unrests have forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes and stoked concern among energy giants operating in the region, reports said.
These are such unfortunate events as the region is trying to curb the outbreak of the Covid-19 and much has to be done to bolster the security systems of the region to help in fighting off the terrorists.
This is a very huge threat to the SADC region, which is curently trying to deal with the outbreak of the coronavirus and there is fear that the group which has escalated attacks in Mozambique is linked to the Al Shabbab which also killed thousands of people in Somalia.
Some of the presidents of the SADC nations met in Harare and condemned the "armed attacks and acts of sabotage perpetrated by the terrorists and armed groups".
A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities in Mozambique's Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1,100 people, according to reports and this put the whole SADC region under threat.
It is believed that the militia group have grown bolder and has since upped its attacks over the past two months, stepping up attacks and venturing into towns as part of a declared campaign to establish an Islamist caliphate.
In a statement, the heads of state urged members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to support the Mozambique government.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is the currect chair of the SADC committee urged the region to "stand shoulder-to-shoulder" and join forces against the jihadists killing scores of civilians and destroying private and state property.
He was reportedly saying that the terrorist threat had "assumed greater proportions" in the past decade and was now "becoming increasingly complex", he said.
These unrests have forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes and stoked concern among energy giants operating in the region, reports said.
These are such unfortunate events as the region is trying to curb the outbreak of the Covid-19 and much has to be done to bolster the security systems of the region to help in fighting off the terrorists.
