A joint force of troops from Mozambique and Rwanda which regained control of a strategic port from the armed group al-Shabab in the north says it is still pursuing the fighters in neighbouring areas.
Mocimboa da Praia was a major rebel stronghold used by the group to launch attacks in other parts of the mineral and natural gas rich Cabo Delgado province.
More than 3,000 Mozambicans have been killed and up to 800,000 displaced since a rebellion started in 2017.
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Eliminate all jihadists and terrorists
Relieved that no Somali pirate here
Why would they be there?
@abdi müller For doing piracy
@I am a former history student there havent Been Piraten attacks in the frequency that they did 13 years ago. They also did pircay only in northern,central Somalia
You realize alshabab in Mozambique are not Somalis, yes alshabab started in Somalia, but this alshabab are not Somalis
Please please somali pipo are peaceful pipo , only western medias have been giving them a bad image
Rwanda doesn’t do that prolonged proxy war nonsense
@Mathew Omolo Rwanda’s literally armed & trained rebel groups while her military consistently sends troops across the border to destabilize the region.
Don’t simp for Rwanda.
Congo or DRC mindset 😂😂
Rwanda is a proxy for Isreal and France
@Dede R what is Rwanda stand to gain by doing this or its going to be like what they did in DRC east
@wanga RSA slave brain….nonsense
God bless these soldiers
Nice wake up africa
Proof that Africa is capable of dealing with their own issues! Kudos to Rwanda and Mozambique!
@Bruh234 Dexter another hutu jareer ruled by by Cushite tutsi cousins 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 nothing younsay will change the fact that tutsi carry 50 percent e1b1b y dna, cushite dna, hamite power
@jojo 24 Then why is it that nobody mentions them as a participant in those operation? How about this, Rwandans started the fight 3 weeks before the arrival of South African troops. So after doing doing all the work alongside Mozambique only you want all the credit to go to South Africa? Don’t forget that South Africa even opposed the idea of deploying Rwandan troops in Cabo Delgado, tell why and how they could have helped.
@KARANGWA Louis no South Africa was there before anyone they cut off the supply off the sea and the Rwandans gets intelligence from South African army in the air
Hassan Abdikarim Mohamed inhadina sumake…. we are different from you …. our understanding is very high and high!! Cushitics Cushitics cushitics we are your cousins we don’t need you!! And if your try to Rwanda and try those jokes we will show you!!
@Yongo2 Yongoman I didn’t say you need us you joker, you can tell from how you’re talking that you are a hutu jealous that the tutsi recognise they carry 50 percent cushite dna and their oral history told to them by their elders tells them they come from the horn of Africa, tutsi are the only people in rwanda who are the cousins of cushites and we will always love them and in future we will support them and give them access to our long coastline in Djibouti and Somalia Eritrea
The rebels are American operatives. CIA trained and equipped.
@Ndhavuko Gift ISIS didn’t even exist when Gaddafi died. They exist since 2014 and Gaddafi died in 2011🏆 Previously only ISIL existed
@Ndhavuko Gift Not everything is the US fault. They didn’t directly fund Taliban, they fund them to fight the Soviets before Bin Laden came and they became known as “Taliban”. It just backfired on them, they train and equip them for other things then those forces turn on the US.
@Ndhavuko Gift that’s not proof
@Jordan you even said ‘ they didn’t directly fund’ meaning they did indirectly fund the Taliban with Chinese ak47 to fight the Soviets. They were behind it, everybody knows that USA love sticking their nose on others business. And later those guns were used against until today.
Why CIA ? Why not Qatar ?
Africa’s common issue that breeds the inception of rebels always come from the socio-economic issues rather than from religion. Extremists take advantage of religion to round up fighters but its really the issue of socio-economic decisions made against the locals for capitalista gains. These rural places rely on fishing and if you take away their fishing and not employ them but rather employ foreigners then you create pirates and rebels. May all the affected from all sides rest in peace
@Afrorack yes those people who took away your lands
They are foreign actors terrorizing the locals. Nothing to do with the socio-economic conditions but the rather the vast reserve of gaz in the region.
@Afrorack You sound ignorant. Did Chrlstianity entice the Rwandan and Tigrayan genocîdes? How about all the devastation in the Congo, South Africa, and South Sudan? Stop being ignorant.
@Afrorack that particularly religion loves beheading. There founder told them that if you kill a none believer or one opposing there holly book you get rewarded by there god: 70 beautiful virgins 🍑 in haven😂😂. Not sure what you get if you are a woman, a big 🥒?
@L T all those countries you mensioned are not related to christianity or any religion, but tribalism and or other social issues. These are islam related wars and chaos: Somalia, Mozambique, Yemen, Northern Nigeria, Aphganstan, Siria, Central Afrika Republic, Chard. List goes on and on. Maybe you need to stop calling other people ignorants. Iam not saying that Christians are angels, because they had a share fare of chaos in the past. Islam need to realize that you can’t force other people your believe to there throat, differences in believes is what makes us humans.
Bravo Rwanda!
Everywhere peaceful religion is spreading peace
@NKS 20 you missed the joke
Why you are talking about religion
You are talking like trash
@Ka dag gaariga Because a particular religion (which calls itself a peaceful religion) is responsible for 99% of terror attacks throughout the world.
@Use Common Sense usa killed more innocent people than isis in war. A peaceful country… what’s their religion?? …
Your son obama he killed millions and he destroyed more than 9yrs
We know history of Christian in this world
We know who you are
Swahili should be taught in all of Africa if it still used in Mozambique
Yes, I was surprised that he is speaking better Swahili than kenyan.I didn’t know Mozambique speaking Swahili.
was suprised also. it should be the official language of african states. thought only kenya and tanzania speak
Yes it’s spoken in northern Mozambique as it borders Tanzania. But it’s less than 3% of the population.
Rhodesia
Go back to school
Good work Ruanda and Mosambik!
Well done. Stay strong 💪
Any south Africans wondering where they were pushed out to? I wonder when they will attack here, our borders are wide opened and our soldiers incompetent, it took a week to stop the riots, this would be the perfect place to take their operations to the next level. The worst is yet to come
They’re very far up in north Mozambique
Keep dreaming boy boy…our army does not play.
The riots were within the scope of national intelligence. It would seem like the SANDF was incompetent but they were working under the mandate of the SAPS, and so they would only be as good as the SAPS mandate allowed them to be. Any Al-Shabaab insurgency would be within the scope of the SANDF, and Jesus Christ, those Jihadists wouldn’t last 3 days lol! We’ve also got some incredibly competent Special Forces. But it won’t get to that because there’s something like less than 3 000 terrorists who were operating in Mozambique, and the Rwandan forces reported that they were pushed north.
🤣🤣🤣 they will never Attack South Africa forgot …..
As South African we will deal with them personally without South African Defence Force
They’re protecting Total French oil investments, sadly…the government doesn’t seem to be interested in dealing with the real economic exploitation and desperation that is happening in the north. The problem will continue grow and develop into bigger issues if we ignore the unfair theft of resources that is happening in Mozambique.
Mozambique is way out of French sphere of influence.
So the solution is to continue letting the terrorist kill the innocent population?
The same soldiers that are meant to fight against the group will prolong the war in order to benefit.
Somalia is a good example where AMISOM soldiers are involved in illicit activities.
What benefits of prolonged Somalian war?
@Jackson Muhiza AMISOM (AU troops) get 4x or more salary from the UN than their respective countries. This means they have more disposable income and are a beneficial tax base for their countries. So, they are not interested in ending the insurrection in Somalia. Other countries like Kenya and Ethiopia are in Somalia for their own geopolitical needs. They fear Somali irredentism rising again since both those nations have large Somali territories (roughly 50% of Ethiopian territory and 25-30% of Kenya’s territory).
They are not fighting for the people. …they’re fighting to allow the french to continue stealing the oil
Then go ahead and fight for peace
So the islamic rebels are protecting oils and gas by killing pipo and cut off their heads , mxiuuuuh
Mozambique is way out of French sphere of influence, tho.
Yooh South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and all the SADC… The party is almost over, where are you??!!🤣🤣
@wanga RSA we know who you work for: Ibigarasha. That is why you see and think negatively you are misguided by wrong people.
@wanga RSA you are just another fool with a lot of misleading comments, Rwanda. Went to Congo to fight those who committed Tutsi Genocide in 1994 as they had continued to use Congo as launch pad to attack Rwanda and killing more people from Congo therefore you accusations are rubbish and baseless.
There are 1500 South African soldiers there. Much more than the Rwandans.
@Cai MacCoinnich what have they achieved so far? Why are they late?
@wanga RSA dude I’m from Moz and I won’t accept such a disrespect. Remember when ANC was chased by apartheid? They all ran to Mozambique, So we are helping each other.
Why everytime there’s oil 🛢 somewhere than islamists start fighting?
Because Islamist like socialist know their economic model doesn’t work so they need oil $ to prop it up.
Chanell your question to the bullies USA and France
Lmaooooo
Imagine they take over those places in sure they will ban selling oil to any country not willing to do Salah
This is not a rebellion but an insurgency. Yes, there is poverty in the region but the locals have not taken up arms against the state, this has been influenced by foreign actors. Every nation has disgruntled youth but very rarely do they take up arms without a third force.
Definitely
Are you there ?
All those new uniforms sitting behind that desk proclaiming they are free. What a joke.
Negativity is the most dangerous beast than terrorism.
@NKS 20 Actually, I’d say ignorance is.
Actually stupidity and jealousy will kill you
What is Sadc soldiers going to do if Rwandan troops got the job done
Stabilization phase is crucial
@cyiza noah 🤣🤣🤣 bro you made me laugh hardly
Sadc is a community of nations not only South Africa
South Africa has more troops helping Mozambique than Rwanda does so…
@castro micheal who is giving them data from the sky? Without South African army they would be roasted, South African army they were send before anyone to collect information and then they rescued civilians with helicopters you don’t know how much South African army helped there
That’s my motherland Rwanda
Oh! really, great
I’m Egyptian
Those people are islamophobes
And South Africa does f.all. Thenk you Rwanda!
@Mmatati Maphoto O shut up your soldiers are looting the people for temporary wealth like Zuma
@Bernard so you’d rather innocent lives to be taken while your high seat officials have meetings and lunch breaks?
@Bruh234 Dexter at least you don’t see them looting and blaming white people
South Africa has 1500 soldiers there right now… that’s more than Rwanda. Check your facts before you throw a tantrum.
@Cai MacCoinnich SA they are still 400km away from battle field🤣🤣🤣
SADC is a joke,Mozambique should join east Africa community 😊
True
Bruh we all feel fighting for a better Africa, why shame each other?
@-W- and why SADC was complaining about Rwandan soldiers in Mozambique?
South Africa sent 1500 troops to Moz. Rwanda only sent 1000… SA is literally part of SADC. Like, bruh. We’re committing R1 billion ($66 million) to help Moz fight this islamist insurgency.
@Cai MacCoinnich and is it possible because of South Africa, they give air support ,land and sea that’s why they gain territories.The intelligence of South Africa became useful for the fihgt against militants
Estas noticias a globo não mostra…
Go Rwanda may the spirit bi with you
Which spirit 😏
Rwanda soldiers don’t joke when it comes to fight against the enemy. Bravo Rwanda and Mozambique
They are Lions!!!😎💗
Some of those guys been fighting since 80’s in Uganda. They know battle
@Ruganzu Soixante-Dix-Sept 77 U right
Wooow they speak Kiswahili in Northern Mozambique
Tena kimenyooka
@Goodluck Humphrey Ndio naskiza ni Kiswahili kimenyooka vizuri sana,,, Kiswahili kinatukuzwa
That blew me away too, almost thought it wasn’t Mozambique
Very good Swahili, I understand them as though they were my fellow Kenyans
Good job 👍
*FIGHT THE ISLAMIC TERROR…*
Tanzania must open eyes to their borders as most fled and will still penetrating and mixing with community.
Mozambique here (apex legends 😂
The terrorists tactically fled into the forests and surrounding areas to regroup and plan a protracted insurgency that may drag on for years unless the underlying cause is addressed.
proudly Rwandan🙌
Yes we are 😁
Why should you be proud? The gas in north Mozambique is being exploited by France. Rwanda are sent to fight for nothing.
@ALHAKEEM CORPORATION Remember the Mozambique president is the one who invited the Rwandans not France and that investment should bring Jobs to Mozabique, but before we offer opinions lets try to understand the details of the contract.
@ALHAKEEM CORPORATION you are one of al shabaab’s member may be.sorry for you
why is it that whenever there are terrorists there is always oil and gas?
The Europeans and Americans/Eric Princes mercenaries like blackwater wanted this war to last longer for profit. But Rwanda put a stop to it.
Peace in the neighborhood benefits all in a long run 😊
My news is the same still
🔥💪🔥
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You think it will be over if the economic disparities continues?. Africans leaders never learn that corruption is a recipe for disaster. If those young people” terrorists ” should have been educated and employed# sh*** like that shouldn’t have happened.
Aljezeera, always ….. searching children blood and civil war in Ethiopia 🇪🇹. But we will raise and unite again very soon. Maybe search other Arab family crises and children bloodshed for your satisfaction. That’s what you need. You don’t have religion and Allah. Evil News Channel
Rwanda is not there for free, they either want benefit from the oil or there is raw materials in that province. Enough example is Congo .
@Moha ismail official so how can all that be addressed when insurgents are killing innocents?
Also why do you think Rwanda should join in losses?
Rwanda has built capacity of its military, few months ago, they dealt with Rebels in Central African Republic who were supported by France.
France was angry and then suspended all cooperations it had with the Central African government, Rwanda then signed with the central African to fulfill the gaps and actually help it move forward based on Rwanda’s experience of how to move out crisis like the ones they had in 1994.
@Moha ismail official ,
I understand you, but I guess there is already a plan for raising the standards of living of the local people by Education , Employment, empowering businesses, infrastructure development..etc but its not bad if France pays for Mozambique gas’s or oil and exploit it for the benefit of both countries.
Its also not bad if Rwanda gets something in return after she supports both France and Mozambique to provide security in Mozambique.
You are not free in the nature. The strong person makes his law.
@Jackson Muhiza
Moha ismail official is used to getting foreign aid and thinking it’s charity while lacking awareness that free cheese is on mouse trap (proverb). One thing we know is that another African calamity is our calamity and so is prosperity we all benefit.
@Moha ismail official How do you know Mozambicans will not benefit we don’t disagree that socioeconomics plays a role, but it was the president of Mozambique who called Rwandan not the French who called Rwandan troops.
Rwanda’s military is more effective than America’s
Dude chill. That’s a big claim
Hahahaha
Hope the Mozambican government address local grievances. Investing in infrastructures, education, youth unemployments and health may help addressing some of these grievances.
I recall an interview: a Western reporter told President Kagame the Rwandan decision to prioritize subsistence farming immediately after the genocide was a mistake. President Kagame told him: We had to feed ourselves, no one was going to do it for us. He went on to explain people can’t sit and wait on foreign aid. The message from leaders was: feed your family and take any excess to market, sell it and buy whatever else you need. It worked. The nation eventually had sufficient surplus that some famers sold excess to neighboring countries. The Rwandan government gave families a cow (for milk and dung). Sounds simplistic but makes sense. Besides Africans know best what Africa needs. I have been trying to learn more but it hasn’t been easy. Sucess in Africa is seldom reported in the US. But I wonder to families in rural Mozambique have what they need to feed their families? a plot of land, a cow, a goat, maybe some layers. A place to make a home, build a future.
Disgrace: Rwanda is fighting for France. The gas in Northern Mozambique is being exploited by French company Total
Yet rwanda is the cleanest, country in Africa, SA is a dump
Whatever you said ,what we are experiencing and valued is that African’s life is saved.
@ALHAKEEM CORPORATION,
Mozambique has the gass and France has the technology and Rwanda supports both to make the good use of the gass to benefit the Citizens of both countries.
Is that what you call disgrace?!!
@David daniel
That’s what made Saudi Arabia rich. America brought in technololy, Egyptians provided cheap labor, and Saudi Arabia became rich in a blink of an aye. Now a Black African country ( Mozambique ) was going to benefit more, then all of sudden there’s an Islamic terror group, some folks claim that those terrorists are simply hungry civilians who are fighting to survive 🙄! If they’re hungry and poor, how do they get military arsenals ? Africans should deploy atleast 1000000 ( 1 million ) soldiers, and wipe out all terrorist in Africa.
How about the Mozambican lives being saved/protected?
You have no regard for them? Are they not worth saving?
Go think again.
Its good to see Africans soldiers solving africans probleMs nOT Europeans or US soldiers
The Anericans will get involved soon because there are lots of natural resources discovered. The likely scenario is that they will invade these countries to steal their resources like what they did to Iraq, Afghanistan and many other countries.
Us Africans and our African Union forces have been doing peace-keeping in many of our countries for quite a while.
Like they want to intervene in Ethiopia with theirs internal problems. The USA and Europe are so stupid.
It’s NOT a REBELLION, they’re Not rebels. These are insurgents, it’s an insurgency
True african spirit loving the way africa is waking up no need of help from outside thank you rwanda
They already take help from outside put the fight in ground is for you because your blood is cheap
@A KM This video obviously proves the opposite, majority of the fight isn’t done by outsiders.
It’s easy to arm and fight. It’s very difficult to govern.
IS still exist??
Lmao,
Mozambique also they speak swahili
Yes the northern coastal part
@douglas orone thanks
Isn’t Al Shabab a terrorist organisation?
it.is.no.longlasting.solve.
Rwandan soldiers have history
That is what Africa needs to do protect themselves and stop depend on outside interference
actions talk more then words …great to see African countries untie to fight for the good of the people
Please dont let the destroy all the progress that Rwanda has reached.Wipe them out whog ever comes to destroy
He stated his view and there is no negativity , and you deny what he says because he is white ???? , what’s wrong with you south africans ???????🙄
@BETTER LIFE – SHOW but he has good intentions all the way. Right now we as Africans need to learn and help each other, and we need to collectively deal with our own problems in order to advance
@BETTER LIFE – SHOW Wow. You’re super hateful. This dude just left a positive comment…
@INZOZI TECH “You South Africans?” That dude used “Muzungu.” That’s used in Swahili which is East African…we say umlungu in SA.
Rwanda are there courtesy of france. There is nothing pan african being a puppet to western countries.
The rebellion is the puppet of the gas provider countries. They do not want a new competitor.
Rwanda are also in Central African Republic, so what’s the courtesy there now?
I just read that France left becuase rwanda is there and smashing rebels supported by France.
@Patrick Verified Google what CAR government gave rwanda access to.
@Umoja Press would you prefer Al SHABAB decide for Africa ?
@Ruganzu Soixante-Dix-Sept 77 I’d prefer rwandans stay in their village instead of destabilizing congo courtesy of their western masters.
The French oil company Total is there and all this is being done to protect French assets.
You are right
@Simbly Farah You are in the head of Kagame => No . Stop the fantasy. Rwanda need to get energy to their country.
@Simbly Farah Wrong Total has no country. France never see any public money invested come back. Only the soldiers came back. And the military cost is huge.
@Simbly Farah Are you blocked on France ? France is NOT on this case. I see only a multinational corporation which has decided to stop the operation in this country. The lost costs will be taken by assurance. It is not sure Total will come back. Maybe the chineses .
@Simbly Farah total rubbish and full of lies. How can such a common person like you know about presidential discussions! Even a fool under your level can never accept your statement. But let me assure you true Africans we now united than before and committed to ensure peace prevail in every corner of Your continent that is why some element like you who are jealous of all positive efforts and cooperation being made by our patriotic leaders will criticizes simply because you are used to benefit big where there’s insecurity and lawless regoons.
The word sofala means go digg in somali, and a matter fact the whole region was created by somalis and always inhabited by them and now they call them terrorists when they want to milk the natural gas and not cut the original people in on the development just another way of making colonialism look ok
Mozambique is stealing Ruwanda’s military glory. Sadly Mozambique actions took too long and never worked.
Keep pushing Rwanda
You are fool you fight for france to save her while stealing the gas
@A KM fool is only you
Mungu awalinde jameni.
Africans are self-defeating!
Negativity, jealousy, misinterpretation of events and actions will take us nowhere. It is man eats man to be able to survive. What do deplore most is lack of Africanism and nationalism. God save us!
African problems need African countries to work together from South to North, East to West. Kudos to Rwanda
Funny to see Al Jezeera and other mzungu media houses reporting an achievement by Africans without the help of either the west or the east. Good work Rwanda for helping your fellow African soldiers from Mozambique
Viva cooperação muita força ai despachar essas merdas dos insurgentes querermos a paz parabéns e Deus abençoa Moçambique aleluia aleluia aleluia paz paz
SADC as always summits and no action for decades, useless organisation that has been toothless whether its Zimbabwe, Swaziland etc.
1500 SA troops are in Moz right now. There are only 1000 Rwandans…
Middle east should learn from Africa and fight for themselves…
They fight to protect the france oil company”Total”
I’m Watching From Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇿🇦
Then why the South African flag?🤣
Love you brothers we should work for our selves thank you Rwanda & Mozambique
Leave african problems for africans
Congratulations to H.E Paul Kagame and Rwandan Army
Well done. Proud of my fellow African brothers and sisters.
You are fools you are just spoil your blood to protect france oil company “Total” that steal the gas from africa
@A KM We’re not fighting for Total. We’re fighting them because they massacre people and we aren’t super into them trying to commit more massacres.
They are fool they put themself in endless war with the Muslim Mujahdeen,you will cry from pain soon.
So you think the insurgents are right? Is behading inocent people ok?
Everyone in Rwanda is a spy tell them better not to think to come to Rwanda….. we have many old cars tiles we gone buy them they will feel its!!
@Yongo2 Yongoman so what?
😂@AKM, so you guys thought the whole world fears you?!you will be surprised..
Mozambican government should learn a lesson from this insurgency. They must invest a lot on education and youth employment. Build an Agricultural Collage and get the youth working asap…Rwandan soldiers won’t be there forever!!!
In Jesus mighty name, may the Almighty be with the all good soldiers that fight against evil.
Well done Rwanda from South Africa! Respect, brothers.
Thank you
kenya troops should help their brothers in Mozambique. We have done enough for somalia, they can rebuild now.
Wapi😂
Innocent Kabandana 🇷🇼 ❤️❤️
Nice one Mozambique, Rwanda. Great job. One love from 🇳🇬🇳🇬
Mozambique speak Swahili… Wow
May Allah bless Rwanda all people of Rwanda Paul kagame for the presidency of all Africas
They need to know who is funding these Al Shabaab rebels
Let the protection of Lord Jesus be with all the soldier of the world, thank you for being selfless and protecting the people.
Rwanda
Really Rwanda is in East Africa performing their duty with so much ease meanwhile South African countries are still debating when and how to assist their neighbor? 😆 It will not make any sense sending your soldiers at the moment, it is what its is!