Rwanda accused the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi on Wednesday of deliberately violating a ceasefire in eastern DRC, days after the signing of a peace agreement in Washington.
Rwandan-backed M23 fighters entered the strategic city of Uvira, near the Burundian border late Tuesday, as it became the latest major settlement to fall in the mineral-rich region that has been plagued by decades of conflict.
In a statement on X, the Rwandan foreign ministry said recent violations “cannot be placed on Rwanda” and said “the Congolese Army (FARDC) and the Burundian Army (FDNB)… had been systematically bombing civilian villages close to the Rwandan border, using fighter jets and attack drones, and which the AFC/M23 has said it has been forced to counter”. (AFP)
