ONLY ON AP Rwanda helps Mozambique retake port

(10 Aug 2021) A joint force of Mozambican and Rwandan troops has regained control of a strategic port from Islamic extremists who held the town in northern Mozambique for a year.
The retaking of Mocimboa da Praia is a notable success for the 1,000-strong Rwandan force that deployed to Mozambique last month.
Rwanda’s troops have rapidly helped Mozambique’s armed forces achieve victories against the insurgents, who have created a humanitarian emergency in northern Cabo Delgado province and surrounding areas.
Before the Rwandan forces arrived, Mozambique’s military and police had not succeeded in stemming the insurgents' offensives.
More than 3,000 Mozambicans have been killed and 800,000 people displaced by the four-year insurgency.
Nearly 1 million people need urgent food aid as a result of the conflict, according to the UN World Food Program.
Earlier this year the insurgents, loosely allied to the Islamic State group, forced the French energy firm Total to pull out of its $20 billion liquified natural gas project near Palma, further north on the Indian Ocean coastline.
Mozambican media report that the financing for the Rwandan troops’ mission in Mozambique is coming from France.
The joint force has taken control of public and private buildings in Mocímboa da Praia including local government offices, the port, the airport, the hospital, markets and restaurants.
The port is key to transporting supplies to other parts of Cabo Delgado province, including the liquified natural gas project.

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