Tanzania pledges to standby Mozambique in the fight against terrorism

President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday, November 15, said that Tanzania was not ready to see Mozambique’s sovereignty compromised.

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She made the remark when explaining why Tanzania swiftly dispatched troops after an insurgency broke out in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province.

President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Samia Suluhu Hassan speaking to the Chief of Defence Forces General Venance Mabeyo at the National Defence College on Monday, August 15.

Formally opening the Commanders Annual Meeting of the Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) at TPDF headquarters in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan said Tanzania was always ready to help other African nations whose independence Tanzania helped to secure.

Noting that the world was facing terrorism as a security challenge, she pledged to continue investing in modernising the army in order to increase its efficiency in securing the country’s borders and independence.