Mozambique is looking forward to the decision that will come out of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika meeting on the military contingent of this regional organization established in Cabo Delgado.

At a time when terrorism is spreading to other provinces, especially Niassa, the meeting of the SADC organ of cooperation in the areas of Politics, Defense and Security is scheduled for this January, and will be decisive for the extension or not of the presence of the State of Alert Mission, which combats terrorism in Cabo Delgado.

The president of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, quoted by VOA, said recently, that the troika summit is very important, and stressed that in the fight against terrorism, Mozambique defends a collective response.

"The terrorists who are killing people in Niassa province fled the offensive of the joint troops in Cabo Delgado," Nyusi noted, stressing that: " we will have a Troika session in January and at that time we will see the decision that will be taken; we are dealing with the issue of terrorism in a global way and not in a localized way."

Still, analyst Fernando Lima, also quoted by VOA, foresees more complicated negotiations, because it has already been difficult to renew the term that expired in October last year, since the presence of a large contingent costs money, which is scarce in SADC.

This situation becomes more worrying at a time when signs of unease are beginning to appear within the South African contingent in the SADC mission, apparently due to logistical problems.

Fundamentally, the South African military complains about the quality of the food.

Lima stresses that although the South African army spokesman played down the situation, it is still worrying, "because it means a malaise within the South African contingent, which until now is the largest established in Cabo Delgado.