Another stockpile of weapons found in Cabo Delgado
The combined troops of the Rwandan Security Forces and Mozambique Defence Forces (FDS), which are fighting terrorist groups in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, have found another stockpile of weapons hidden in the forest of Limala.
This follows another stockpile of weapons and ammunition hidden in the forest of Mocímboa da Praia district, last week.
“Rwanda Security Forces discovered another pile of hidden weapons in abandoned terrorist bases in Miloli in the general area of Limala forest, southeast of Mocimboa da Praia District”, reads a statement posted by the Ruanda Defence Ministry on its website.
“According to some sources, the Ansar Al Sunnah Wa Jammah (IS Mozambique terrorist group) have attempted several times to return to recover the weapons to no avail”, it adds.
The areas in where these weapons were discovered used to be terrorist strongholds before they were dislodged by the Mozambican and Rwandan joint forces in August 2021.
Asked by AIM comment on the operation, a source from Mozambique’s Defence Ministry declined saying “we cannot give you any details now.”
Since July 2021, the Rwandan Defence Forces and the Southern African Development Community Military Mission (SAMIM) have been working with Mozambican Defence and Security Forces in the fight against terrorism.
The province of Cabo Delgado is rich in natural gas, but has been plagued by terrorist attacks since 2017 perpetrated by armed groups causing the death of over 3,000 people, most of whom civilians.
On its last report on Mozambique the United Nations Refugee Agency says that nearly 1 million people have fled their homes over the last five years in Cabo Delgado as a result of violence.
(AIM)
