By David Himbara
Kagame has seized SADC’s leading role in the Mozambican war effort. The Rwandan military is already on the battlefield. But the SADC standby force under whose mandate Rwanda was to deploy has yet to be allowed to enter Mozambique.
South Africa’s defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has dropped a bombshell. She revealed that the SADC standby force that was given the mandate to recapture the territory overran by Mozambican rebels is unable to enter Mozambique. President Filip Nyusi has yet to give the South African-led SADC standby force an official clearance to enter Mozambique. Yet, Rwanda’s military which was expected to deploy under the SADC mandate is already on the battlefield.
South African Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
General Paul Kagame’s 1,000 soldiers are already on the battlefield of Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. Meanwhile, the standby force from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that was…