A man carries a mattress as he arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba from northern Mozambique on May 22, 2021 after fleeing from violence wreaked by Islamist insurgents.
Southern African countries on Wednesday approved the deployment of troops to help fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency in northern Mozambique.
The 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) members, at the extra-ordinary summit held in the Mozambican capital Maputo, endorsed a plan to send a regional force to the Cabo Delgado province, the hotspot of the escalating terrorist attacks.
