Southern African Bloc Extends Troop Deployment in Mozambique
Mozambican soldiers stand at attention.
Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images
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A southern African bloc provisionally prolonged the stay of its soldiers in northern Mozambique to help fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency.
A virtual summit of the 16-member Southern African Development Community leaders agreed to again extend the deployment beyond the previously approved deadline of July 15. The extension is provisional, pending a heads-of-state meeting of the group scheduled for Aug. 17 to Aug. 18, the bloc said in a statement emailed by Mozambique’s presidency Thursday.