Good afternoon. Mozambique is shortly to have an extradition treaty with Rwanda, after the treaty was approved in outline by parliament yesterday (see below). Ruling party Frelimo used its majority to push through the measure, which opposition parties voted against. According to opponents of the treaty, its passage will mean that the government of Paul Kagame will be able to do through legal channels what it has previously done through illegal ones, which is to persecute opponents of his rule who have fled abroad. Critics, including the NGO the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights and the MDM party, also claim that the treaty has been agreed in exchange for Rwanda’s military support fighting the insurgents in Cabo Delgado province.
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