{"id":588230,"date":"2021-07-11T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588230"},"modified":"2021-07-11T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T15:35:57","slug":"rwanda-sends-1000-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rwanda-sends-1000-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda sends 1,000 troops to Mozambique to fight terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frwanda-sends-1000-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2452598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2452598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rwandan soldiers from Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and Rwandan policemen prepare to board a \u201cRwandair\u201d plane for a military mission to Mozambique at Kanombe airport, Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:30 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Rwanda dispatched 1,000 troops to Mozambique to help the East African nation combat Islamic state-linked jihadists. Rwandan officials recently announced the move after a request from the Mozambican government in an effort to turn away jihadists who threaten to topple the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The troops are reportedly from both the Rwandan military and police force who\u2019ve been trained to \u201cdeal with terrorism and security-related issues\u201d. The joint forces were set to deploy in full on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rwanda deploys joint force to Mozambique. Read full statement and background here:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezhoBGZyG5\">https:\/\/t.co\/ezhoBGZyG5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JexdejubEB\">pic.twitter.com\/JexdejubEB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Government of Rwanda (@RwandaGov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RwandaGov\/status\/1413438240728682497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of this mission first of all is based on a request by the government of Mozambique to the government of Rwanda to help support in conducting military operations including security operations,\u201d Col. Ronald Rwivanga of Rwanda Defense Forces explained.&nbsp; \u201c\u2026.This was a request by the government of Mozambique to the government of Rwanda and this is part of a bilateral agreement since 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after nearly 3,000 people have died as well as 800,000 people displaced due to a turf war over the oil-rich region. Human rights activists fear the conflict would create an artificial food crisis for those living under the terrorist regime.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/report-nearly-half-of-u-s-states-dont-support-crt\/\">Report: Nearly Half Of U.S. States Don\u2019t Support CRT<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan soldiers from Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and Rwandan policemen prepare to board a \u201cRwandair\u201d plane for a military mission to Mozambique at Kanombe airport, Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by SIMON &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}