Another BDF soldier dies in Mozambique
Thursday, February 10, 2022 | 10120 Views |
Body of BDF solder returning home in 2021. PIC. PHATSIMO KAPENG
“BDF informs the public with deep sadness of an unfortunate incident in which one of its member lost his life on February 9, 2022 in Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province Mozambique,” said Colonel Tebo Dikole in a press statement.
The late BDF member was part of the second Botswana Contingent deployed under the auspices of SADC, for regional support to Mozambique to combat the threat of terrorism and acts of violent extremism in the Cabo Delgado Province as an element of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...