Published on : 30/05/2022 – 23:26
The tone continues to rise between Rwanda and DR Congo. Kinshasa denounces Rwanda’s “support” for the armed group M23, a rebel group defeated in 2013 that reappeared last March in eastern Congo. For its part, Kigali accuses the Congolese army of collaborating with the FDLR, an armed group originally created by Rwandan Hutu refugees in eastern DRC following the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. Simon’s details Wohlfahrt in Kigali.
Kinshasa suspended Rwand’Air flights on its territory and summoned the Rwandan ambassador to Congo. According to the UNHCR, more than 72,000 Congolese have been displaced as a result of the fighting between the M23 and the FARDC. The African Union chairperson said he was “seriously concerned” and urged the two countries for calm and dialogue.
It’s the end of Charles Blé Goudé’s long wait. More than a year following his acquittal of crimes once morest humanity during the 2020-2011 post-election crisis by the ICC, this controversial figure in Ivorian politics obtained his passport this morning in The Hague. Charles Blé Goudé who reiterated his intention to return to Côte d’Ivoire according to a press release published by his lawyer. And in Abidjan, the members of his party COJEP are waiting for him. The details of our correspondent, Hannane Ferdjani.
Relations between Africa and #Israel will be on the menu of a conference on Tuesday in Paris. Diplomatic strategy, contracts, issues… Simon Seroussi, spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Paris is our Alex Reed.
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