EU Funding for Rwanda’s Mozambique Deployment Set to End in May

The European Union’s financial support for Rwandan troops helping to fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique expires in May and there are no plans to extend it, according to people familiar with the matter.

The bloc in 2024 approved €20 million ($23 million) of assistance for the Rwanda Defence Force operating in Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, matching the amount it agreed to provide almost two years earlier. The funding, under the European Peace Facility, was allocated to cover the cost of personal equipment and logistics, the European Council said.