{"id":1381,"date":"2021-06-25T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:45:19","slug":"rwanda-plans-mozambique-deployment-to-help-fight-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/policy\/rwanda-plans-mozambique-deployment-to-help-fight-rebels","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda plans Mozambique deployment to help fight rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-mozambique:<\/strong> Rwanda plans to deploy troops to help Mozambique fight an insurgency that\u2019s left more than 2,900 people dead and halted Africa\u2019s biggest private investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plans to deploy, but plans are not finalised yet,\u201d Rwanda Defence Force spokesman Ronald Rwivanga said by phone Thursday. Veronica Macamo, Mozambique\u2019s foreign minister, and armed forces spokesman Omar Saranga didn\u2019t reply to messages seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern African Development Community, which doesn\u2019t count Rwanda among its 16 member states, also plans to deploy its standby force to Mozambique\u2019s northern Cabo Delgado province to quell fighting. An Islamic State-linked insurgency prompted a consortium led by TotalEnergies SE to stall a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in the region. Fighting flared around the town of Palma near the project this week, according to two people familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi visited his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in April, around the same time a SADC summit about the insurgency was postponed. The two leaders discussed issues including fighting terrorism, the Rwandan state broadcaster reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique has yet to inform SADC of any planned deployment from Rwanda, Stergomena Tax, the bloc\u2019s executive secretary, said by phone. Tax declined to comment on when SADC would send troops, saying only that it would happen soon and \u201cas urgently as possible,\u201d and would comprise soldiers from member countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deploying,\u201d she said by phone. \u201cWe are going to war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-mozambique: Rwanda plans to deploy troops to help Mozambique fight an insurgency that\u2019s left more than 2,900 people dead and halted Africa\u2019s biggest private investment. \u201cThere are plans to deploy, but plans are not finalised yet,\u201d Rwanda Defence Force spokesman Ronald Rwivanga said by phone Thursday. 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