Morale ‘very high’ as SADC troops score success in Moz

SADC forces, led by South Africa and deputised by Botswana, deployed to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province in July to fight a terrorist onslaught in the oil-rich province that has seen more than 3,000 people killed since 2017, with reports of beheadings, disembowelling of expectant mothers and other brutalities.

Botswana contributed 300 soldiers to the SADC forces with Commander in Chief, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, urging the troops to brace for a “deceptive enemy” likely to use “underhand tactics”.