Rwanda fires at Congo jet in airspace dispute
By Reuters
25 January 2023 |
12:21 pm
Amid already high tensions between Kigali and Kinshasa, Rwandan forces fired at a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday which they accused of violating Rwanda's airspace.
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