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Kigali highlights that the victims were freed in operations with the Army and SADC troops
Aug. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Rwandan authorities have assured this Thursday that their special forces, the Mozambican Army and the troops of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have released more than 600 hostages from the hands of jihadist groups operating in the province of Rwanda since April. Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique.
“Since April, the Rwandan security forces, the Mozambican Army and SADC forces have launched offensive operations to destroy terrorist bases in the Carupa forest, northeast of the Macomia district (…), in which more than 600 hostages were rescued,” the Rwandan Army said.
Thus, he stressed that “Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique were forced to flee to the towns of Nkoe and Nguida, in the same district, and are still being persecuted by the joint forces.”
The Mozambican Army stressed in October that the objective of the fight against jihadism is “the total annihilation of the enemy”, given the increase in operations in the area with the support of Rwandan special forces and SADC troops.
Cabo Delgado has been the scene since October 2017 of attacks by Islamist militiamen known as Al Shabaab, unrelated to the homonymous group that operates in Somalia and maintains ties with Al Qaeda. Since mid-2019 they have been mostly claimed by the Islamic State in Central Africa (ISCA), which has intensified its actions since March 2020.
