The protection of economic targets and critical infrastructure for the natural gas project and mining explorations is thus revealed to be the main objective of the RDF through a more organized and coordinated approach than the SAMIM, composed of different national forces, with objectives, tactical devices and different commitment levels.
SAMIM has mainly acted to neutralize the threat of armed groups in populated areas, seeking to ensure mobility on the main communication routes in the central and northern districts of Cabo Delgado. Only exceptionally, in emergency situations, do the forces of SAMIM and RDF, together with the FADM, act together. READ MORE