Mozambique meeting to decide on foreign troop deployment to tackle Islamist threat is postponed

Report from Southern African Development Community recommends 'immediate deployment' of 2916 regional troops and special forces

Initial talks: SADC heads of state met in Maputo to discuss Cabo Delgado’s Islamist insurgency and the recent attack on Palma town, and are set to decide on a military solution — Initial talks: SADC heads of state met in Maputo to discuss Cabo Delgado’s Islamist insurgency and the recent attack on Palma town, and are set to decide on a military solutionPhoto: AP/SCANPIX

Iain Esau

London

Published 28 April 2021, 14:23Updated 29 April 2021, 08:41

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