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The regional organization says progress has been made against rebels in Cabo Delgado province since troops were deployed last year.
The South African regional bloc has extended its mandate to deploy troops to Mozambique at a summit in SADC to help the country fight an armed uprising, the summit statement said.
“The summit noted the good progress made since the deployment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique and extended its mandate,” it said in a statement on Wednesday, noting how long the extension was.
SADC nations and Rwanda decided to send more than last June 3,000 soldiers Mozambique to help respond to an armed uprising in the northern province of Cape Delgado.
On Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, chairman of the SADC Body for Political, Defense and Security Cooperation, said the deployment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) was showing some results.
“Since its implementation … significant progress has been made,” Ramaphosa said in an initial appearance during a two-day talks in the Malawian capital Lilongwe.
“The security situation in Cabo Delgado is improving, which has allowed some internally displaced people to return to their homes and return to their normal lives,” he said.
Working with Mozambican troops, regional forces have helped create a “safe passage” to move humanitarian aid to areas affected by the violence, he said.
The mission was initially extended in July, but was extended indefinitely in October.
Cape Delgado, a gas-rich province bordering Tanzania, has been under attack since 2017.
At least 3,500 people have been killed and about 820,000 have fled their homes.
Cruelty including massacres, beheadings, house fires, and mass kidnappings, especially of girls.
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