Rwanda is set to deploy an additional 2,500 soldiers to Mozambique to aid their battle against Islamic State insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region.

This is part of a broader effort to stabilize the area which has been plagued by violent extremism and instability since the insurgents first attacked in 2017 disrupting numerous oil and natural gas projects in the Cabo Delgado including a TotalEnergies natural gas plant - billed at 20 billion Dollars. 

For more on this Aurelie Kalenga spoke to Senior Project leader at South African-based Institute of Justice and Reconciliation - Dr Webster Zambara....