31 January 2025

The country's foreign minister told the BBC that Rwanda illegally occupies the Democratic Republic of the Congo and trying to regulate regime change.

This after decades of impunity and the lack of protection of Rwandan President Paul Kajami from violating international law.

Her comments come after the M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, the eastern city of Guma, and threatened to continue their attack on the capital, Kinshasa.

A spokeswoman for the Rwanda government, Jewienish McCulo, denied this and said that her forces had been deployed to prevent the conflict that leaks into his lands.

“We are not interested in the war, we are not interested in annexation, we are not interested in changing the system,” Mrs. McCallo told the BBC.

The Southern African Development Society (SADC), a regional bloc consisting of 16 members, holds a special meeting on Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in Dr Cong.

SADC has sent peacekeepers, especially from South Africa, to Dr. Congo to armed groups such as M23 and the restoration of peace in the mineral -rich area after decades of turmoil. Sixteen SADC soldiers were killed in clashes with M23 around Goma last week.

In a war of words with his counterpart in South Africa, the President of Rwanda Kagami said that the SADC forces “are not a power to preserve peace, and have no place in this position.”

Mrs. McCulo confirmed that the Rwanda forces secured their borders in response to “repeated violations”, including deaths across the border.

“The Democratic Republic of the Congo needs to do better work in obtaining their lands in order. This is their responsibility.”

Mrs. Wagner called to stop the external aid that is sent to Rwanda and sanctions to put it on the leaders “Enabling this war.”

It also called for the suspension of Rwanda forces from the United Nations peacekeeping missions all over the world.

She said: “We have to witness a country that presents itself as a peaceful owner in other countries, which (G) is warm in the Great Lakes region.”

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