Mozambique War With IS-Linked Rebels 80% Addressed, Rwanda President Kagame Says

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Rwandan soldiers guard The Total Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi in the Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, in 2022.

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The battle against an Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique is mostly won, according to Paul Kagame, the Rwandan President who has deployed his own country’s soldiers there since 2021.

“Largely, the problem has been addressed,” he told reporters in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. “Maybe 80% of the problem has been addressed.”