The minister was speaking on 10 June during a meeting with the command of the SADC Military Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM). This month, for the first time, the jihadists attacked villages in Ancuabe district, bringing them close to the provincial capital, Pemba. In response, according to a report in the newssheet "Mediafax", Mozambican forces and their foreign allies stepped up patrols around the entrances to Pemba and the periphery of the city. Fighting was continuing in Macomia district on 11 June and ten terrorists were killed in clashes near the Chai administrative post. On 8 June, Rwandan forces were reported to have killed 13 terrorists in Namaluco, an abandoned village in Quissanga district.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 17, 2022 14:15 UTC