By Kefiloe Kajane
The Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro on Friday inspected the Lesotho Defence Force Contingent to the SADC Mission in Mozambique at Makoanyane Barracks.
Speaking at the inspection, Majoro advised the travelling soldiers to show that Lesotho is committed to bringing peace to the world.
He noted that a number of threats confront the world, continent and the Southern Africa region.
“Transnational organised crime networks and syndicates have intensified their operations throughout the region, compromising state and human security.
“Unfavourable conditions such as poverty, high youth unemployment, hunger and disease particularly Covid-19 and slow economic recovery have had a devastating effect on communities. This has enabled terror networks to exploit the situation by recruiting, radicalising and financing illicit activities, thereby creating a conducive environment to carry out acts of terror. The SADC region is beginning to experience acts of violence perpetrated by AhluSunna Wal Jamaa in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
“Activities of sympathisers and facilitators of this and other terror networks are increasing in the region. Our monitoring of recruitment and radicalisation by international terrorist groups and their activities within our communities suggests that Lesotho is now facing real risks of terror orchestrated by foreign terror groups,” he said.
