Taarifa Rwanda
Published 4 months ago
The East African Chiefs of Defence are meeting in Kigali under the auspices of the 28
th Ordinary Session of the Eastern Africa Standby Force with the aim of tackling the rising threat of Terrorism in the region.
The five-day meeting convened at the Radison Blu Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda has drawn top leadership from security institutions and agencies within the East African region.
This meeting was preceded by the EASF Experts Working Group- it was officially opened by the Guest of Honour, Lt. Gen. Jean Jacques Mupenzi, the Army Chief of Staff from the Rwanda Defence Force.
The Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs has said Zimbabwe’s intervention in the Mozambican conflict will be done within the framework of the Southern African Development Community Brigade (SADCBRIG).
SADCBRIG is a regional multidimensional peace support operations instrument as provided for by the African Union Standby Force Policy Framework.
Responding to emailed questions from
The NewsHawks on reports that Zimbabwe is preparing to deploy its military to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province to help the country quash an Islamic insurgency that has resulted in the death of thousands and the displacement of hundreds of thousands, the Ministry of Defence said the country has contributed troops to SADCBRIG that will be deployed for such missions.