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00:00Mozambique's defence minister is threatening to send in the military to halt weeks of deadly
00:05post-electoral protests.
00:06Over the weekend, new clashes erupted in the capital Maputo between security forces and
00:11opposition protesters.
00:12Now, the main opposition leader accuses Rwanda of being involved in a crackdown on protests
00:18that left at least 13 people dead, accusations denied by Kigali.
00:22Clément Diroma has more on the story.
00:26The Rwandan government and military firmly denied claims that they deployed troops to
00:31Mozambique's capital.
00:33Last weekend, protests erupted in Maputo as opposition supporters contested the October
00:399 election results, which gave victory to the ruling Frelimo party.
00:44These protests were met with violent crackdowns by law enforcement.
00:48In a video, opposition leader Venetio Mondlane alleged that Rwandan forces stationed in Cabo
00:53Delgado in northern Mozambique were assisting local security forces in Maputo.
00:59Rwanda's government dismissed the allegations as baseless, insisting that its troops remain
01:05in Cabo Delgado, 2,500km away, on a counter-terrorism mission fighting a jihadist insurgency since
01:132021.
01:15The European Union, which funds this Rwandan-led mission, also confirmed there is no evidence
01:21of Rwandan troops in the capital.
01:23Brussels is set to release an additional 20 million euros in the coming weeks to support
01:27the mission.