CONGO PRESIDENT ACCUSES RWANDA OF VIOLATING PEACE DEAL – Last week, Rwanda and Congo reaffirmed their commitment to a U.S.-brokered deal
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said that neighbouring Rwanda is violating its commitments just days after attending a ceremony in Washington to sign deals that aimed to end years of conflict in the country’s mineral-rich east.
Over the weekend, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced in an area close to the border with Burundi, seizing the village of Luvungi, according to two local residents who spoke to Reuters and shared a video of the rebels holding a meeting there. Rwanda denies backing the rebels.
Some Congolese soldiers fled the town and clashed with local Wazalendo defence forces on Sunday in the nearby town of Sange, local officials said. Sange was bombed or struck with grenades, and as many as 36 people were killed, a local official and other sources said.
Last week, Rwanda and Congo reaffirmed their commitment to a U.S.-brokered deal signed in June and signed new agreements in Washington.
