Sadc response to Cabo Delgado has been meagre and plodding
A lack of resources and urgency will lead to a victory for insurgent Ansar al Sunnah
06 May 2021 - 14:38
The report of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) technical assessment mission regarding the situation in Cabo Delgado in Mozambique makes interesting, if worrying, reading.
It has clearly been drawn up by military professionals, but is concerning because either they were given an upper limit for force composition and level regardless of their findings, or they are dangerously confident that Ansar al Sunnah is an incompetent and inept force that will be easily suppressed...
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