Deceptive enemy awaits in Moz, Masisi says

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Masisi bidding farewell to soldiers leaving for Mozambique earlier today.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

President Mokgweetsi Masisi says the 296 Botswana Defence Force (BDF) troops who deployed this morning to join SADC forces in Mozambique should brace for a “deceptive enemy” likely to use “underhand tactics” in the fight in that country’s north.

The terrorist conflict in Cabo Delgado, the oil rich north Mozambican province, has seen more than 3,000 people killed since 2017, with reports of beheadings, disembowelling of expectant mothers and other brutalities.

Masisi, as SADC’s politics, defence and security chair, has been shuttling between Maputo, Gaborone and other regional capitals rallying support for regional intervention to stop the Islamic State-linked insurgency.

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Deceptive enemy awaits in Moz, Masisi says

President Mokgweetsi Masisi says the 296 Botswana Defence Force (BDF) troops who deployed this morning to join SADC forces in Mozambique should brace for a “deceptive enemy” likely to use “underhand tactics” in the fight in that country’s north.

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