{"id":51991,"date":"2024-11-22T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-nyusi-commends-eu-s-increased-support-for-rwandan-troops-in-cabo\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T15:10:20","slug":"president-nyusi-commends-eu-s-increased-support-for-rwandan-troops-in-cabo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-nyusi-commends-eu-s-increased-support-for-rwandan-troops-in-cabo\/","title":{"rendered":"President Nyusi commends EU’s increased support for Rwandan troops in Cabo Delgado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to R\u00e1dio Mo\u00e7ambique in Harare, Zimbabwe, after the conclusion of an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, Nyusi highlighted the significance of the EU\u2019s contribution to bolstering the efforts of Rwandan forces operating alongside Mozambican troops in the troubled northern region.<\/p>\n

Addressing questions on why the funding was allocated directly to Rwanda instead of Mozambique, Nyusi clarified that Mozambique already receives substantial EU support across various sectors. This includes military training and strategic initiatives amounting to \u20ac800 million.<\/p>\n

The EU Council\u2019s approval, announced on November 18, 2024, under the European Peace Facility (EPF) supplements the \u20ac20 million pledged in late 2022 and aims to strengthen the operational capacity of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) in Cabo Delgado. <\/p>\n

The new funds will facilitate the acquisition of personal equipment and cover strategic airlift costs to sustain the Rwandan deployment.<\/p>\n

Rwandan troops were first deployed in Cabo Delgado in July 2021 at the request of Mozambique\u2019s government. <\/p>\n

Their mission has been critical in countering terrorism, which had claimed over 3,000 civilian lives and displaced more than 800,000 people prior to their intervention. The insurgency also halted development projects in areas under terrorist control.<\/p>\n

Over the past three years, Rwandan forces, in collaboration with Mozambican troops, have made significant progress in dismantling the Al Sunna Wa Jama (ASWJ) terrorist group. <\/p>\n

They successfully cleared key strongholds such as Mocimboa da Praia and Palma, enabling thousands of internally displaced persons to return to their communities and resume their lives.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday praised the European Union’s approval of \u20ac20 million (approximately Frw28 billion) in funding for Rwandan troops combating terrorism in Cabo Delgado Province, describing it as a \u201cdouble gain\u201d for Mozambique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000077411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000077411,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iautceay-2e873.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51991"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51991"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}