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Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado. The government in Kigali has denied that they have been redeployed to crush opposition protests in the Mozambique capital, Maputo

EU denies claims it financed Rwandan forces to crush post-election protests in Mozambique

The EU has been dragged into the escalating post-elections row in Mozambique, refuting claims that Rwandan troops in the Mozambique capital Maputo, financed by the EU, had been involved in violently suppressing protests.  

The protests erupted after Daniel Chapo, the presidential candidate of the ruling...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado. The government in Kigali has denied that they have been redeployed to crush opposition protests in the Mozambique capital, Maputo

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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