While the military depends on equipment provided by Paramount and its sister company Burnham Global to fight Islamic insurgents in Cabo Delgado, the police continue a discreet collaboration with the Dyck Advisory Group, writes Africa Intelligence (AI). Little has been heard of the Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) since the insurgent attack on the city of Palma in Cabo Delgado province in March, when the DAG’s contract to provide air support to the national police expired. However, Lionel Dyck’s company is still working with the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR): her good relations with Police Commander Bernardino Rafael helped her obtain a contract to train UIR personnel in Nacala, a northern coastal city where Mozambican forces did. a rear base. DAG, which was hired in April 2020 as part of efforts to contain the insurgency that has now disrupted Total and ENI gas projects in Cabo Delgado, knows it is in a difficult situation. President Filipe Nyusi called on the group to remain discreet and cease its air operations as a result of the bad publicity given to it by Amnesty International. The last setback happened on May 16, when several employees of the Environmental Management and Conservation Trust (EMCT) – DAG’s anti-poaching arm – stationed in Limpopo National Park were visited by Mozambican immigration agents who seized several passports. The park has also been used as a logistical base for DAG paramilitary operations. However, also in Nacala, the military training company Burnham Global gives instructions to the troops of the Armed Forces of Defense of Mozambique (FADM), whose new chief of staff is Admiral Joaquim Mangrasse. Thus, both the police and the armed forces are strengthening their ability to regain control in the north of the country. The army recently increased the budget allocated to Cabo Delgado by ordering armored vehicles, helicopters and Mwari surveillance aircraft from the South African company Paramount, whose boss Ivor Ichikowitz was recently associated with Burnham Global (AI, 21/04/21). (AI) Source: Carta de Moçambique
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