Africa Oil & Gas: Govt resumes funding Rwandan forces tasked with securing gas projects

Following months of tension, relations between Mozambique and Rwanda seem to gradually be easing. As we revealed (AI, 26/05/25), in August 2024 the Mozambican Treasury  stopped paying the $2m a month that it had vowed to disburse in return for the deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) to Cabo Delgado province, an operation that began in July 2021.

Since mid-June, payments have resumed, and some of the arrears have also been settled. But the situation has yet to be thoroughly resolved, even though the symbolic disbursement has been well received by Kigali.

The sums paid by Mozambique represent but a tiny fraction of the costs incurred by the Rwandan government for the mission, estimated at over $10m a month for the past five years. Part of the funding was provided by the European Union, which released two lots of €20m. READ MORE