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MOZAMBIQUE RWANDA

Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado

Rwandan army and police personnel wait to board a plane for Mozambique in Kigali on 10 July 2021.
Rwandan army and police personnel wait to board a plane for Mozambique in Kigali on 10 July 2021. © Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
Rwanda has significantly increased the number of its troops deployed to fight the jihadist insurrection in northern Mozambique. [...] (266 words)
Issue dated 27/02/2023 Reading time 2 minutes
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Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Afungi, near the TotalEnergies complex in Cabo Delgado, 22 September 2021. © Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP
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MOZAMBIQUE Defence Energy 23/06/2022

Rwanda seeks European financial help for Cabo Delgado mission 

Rwanda's intervention in Cabo Delgado should soon enable the French major TotalEnergies to resume its huge liquefied natural gas project in the region. But in the face of the rising mission costs, several options are on the table to support the Rwandan military effort financially.
Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013). © UN Mission in Mali/Flickr
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AFRICA RWANDA Defence Diplomacy 10/12/2021

How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa 

By participating in Mozambican operations, the Rwandan army, already busy in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, has become one of Kigali's key exports. President Paul Kagame relies on a structure geared to external operations, and on allies beyond Africa.

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