Kinshasa has long accused neighboring Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels that have been engaged in intensed fighting with the Congolese army. The United Nations also blames Kigali for funding, training, and equipping the group.
Despite previous denials, Rwanda this week acknowledged it had military installments in eastern DRC to defend Rwanda from the FDLR , an armed rebel group whose members include alleged perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
France has called on Rwanda to end all support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to pull its troops out of the country. This comes on the heels of… Rwanda has demanded the demobilisation and repatriation of the DRC-backed Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebel group as a condition to de-escalate a…
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