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Vol 65 No 15

Published 19th July 2024


Rwanda

Kinshasa urges sanctions on Kigali citing damning UN report

UN Security Council mulls crisis after experts say 3,000-4,000 Rwandan troops are fighting alongside M23 militia in Congo

The most damning assertion in the latest report by the UN Group of Experts (GoE) on Congo-Kinshasa, that 3,000-4,000 Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) troops had ‘de facto control’ over the M23 militia and were jointly fighting Congolese forces and their local allies, points to a clear breach of the UN Charter. These and other actions by Rwanda and Uganda which are detailed in the report could trigger sanctions by the UN Security Council.

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