Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. View on euronews
Tensions have escalated between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with Kagame accusing Ramaphosa of spreading lies.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to resume normal life, even as the group clashed with Congolese troops as they tried to take more territory.
They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading undiplomatic warnings. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also stirring up old disputes between the two countries.
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Rwanda defends support for M23 rebels
Rwandan President Paul Kagame listens to a question while participating in a panel discussion on the campus of Tufts University, Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Governance consultant Philip Mwangale has outlined the implications of Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi missing William Ruto's meeting.
Nota Baloyi has added his two cents on the war discussions that South Africa is involved in, following the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame's stern warning.
The bloody war between South African and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week has become a war of words between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
AILY POST reports that the recent conflict in the DRC has led to the deaths and displacement of many people after the M23 rebels, thought to be backed by Rwanda, seized the city of Goma.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticized South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over his claims that the M23 rebel group is a militia.In a statement issued on Wednesday, Kagame dismissed the claims as distortions,
Governance consultant Philip Mwangale has outlined the implications of Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi missing William Ruto's meeting.