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Mozambique insurgency: Why 24 countries have sent troops
[BBC] At least 24 countries have sent soldiers to support Mozambique in its fight against insurgents in northern Cabo Delgado province.The discovery of 7,000 "ghost soldiers" in the ranks of a poorly paid and badly trained army underline why Mozambique needs help. The Carta de Mocambique daily newspaper discovered many of the salaries of fake soldiers were paid to senior defence officials, and that there are a growing number of children of former officers and politicians who receive salaries without ever having been in military training, let alone setting foot in a military unit. More than 2,000 well trained Rwandan troops were sufficient to largely take control of the two coastal districts, Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, near giant gas fields. Despite their successes, Mozambique's civil war rumbles on. The big struggles now are political - about money, the causes of the war, who can fight, and if the gas project can resume. Cabo Delgado is Mozambique's resource-curse province, with gas, rubies, graphite, gold and other natural resources. Related: Cabo Delgado: 2022-02-27 Terror threat morphs in Mozambique Cabo Delgado: 2021-12-18 ISIS-linked extremists decapitate Christian pastor before handing his severed head to his wife to show authorities in Mozambique Cabo Delgado: 2021-12-08 Mozambique jihadists kidnap 600 women, girls since 2018: HRW Related: Palma: 2022-03-26 How jihadist groups choose to fight conventionally-Report Palma: 2022-01-01 Two rockets fired from Gaza towards central Israel - Hit Med Sea Palma: 2021-11-28 12 Bad Guys die in Zacatecas Related: Mocimboa da Praia: 2022-03-26 How jihadist groups choose to fight conventionally-Report Mocimboa da Praia: 2022-02-27 Terror threat morphs in Mozambique Mocimboa da Praia: 2021-12-18 ISIS-linked extremists decapitate Christian pastor before handing his severed head to his wife to show authorities in Mozambique Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-24 |
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