Pressure on Rwanda grows over rebel violence in DRCongo
By DW
31 December 2022 |
12:29 pm
France and Germany are now also accusing Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A UN report said there was solid evidence of Rwanda supporting the M23 group, which is accused of waging a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting.
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