Good afternoon. News that Rwandan security forces have built a third school in Cabo Delgado province (see below) has already attracted complaints about potential loss of Mozambican sovereignty, as the construction of other facilities in the province by Rwandan forces has done.
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You do not need to be an uncritical admirer of the Rwandan security forces, or their authoritarian government, to notice that the complaints are poorly thought through and lack substance. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, and its health and education sectors are heavily propped up by foreign aid. There are schools everywhere that have been built by foreign donors. True, the difference with the Rwandan-built schools is that they have military forces in Mozambican territory. But they are only there because Mozambique was unable to defend itself against the insurgents in Cabo Delgado, and they can hardly be blamed for treating the local population much better than their Mozambican counterparts.
