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Rwanda illegally occupies the Democratic Republic of Congo and is trying to adjust the regime change, the Foreign Minister told the BBC.
Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said President Paul Kagame, President of the world, was not responsible for decades of injustice and violations of international law.
Her opinion comes after Rwanda’s M23 rebels occupy the Eastern Congo city GOMA and threaten the attack on Kinshasa, the capital of 2,600 km (1,600 miles).
Rwanda’s government spokesman Yolande Makolo denied accusation, and the army was deployed to prevent the dispute from being leaked into the territory.
Makolo told the BBC’s newsday program, “We are not interested in war, are not interested in merger, and are not interested in the change of regime.”
The 16 members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which consists of 16 members, holds a special meeting on Friday to discuss the situation of Dr. Congo on Zimbabwe.
SADC mainly dispatched Peacekeepers to Dr. Congo in South Africa, fought with armed groups such as M23, and restored peace in minerals.
Sixteen soldiers from South African countries died last week with the M23 around GOMA.
Rwanda’s President Kagame said in a public spat on X with South African Republic, saying, “It is not a peacekeeper and has no place in this situation.”
As the M23 occupied the large regions of the northern Kibu region around GOMA, Dr. Congo worsened the humanitarian crisis.
Shelley Thakral of the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said urban residents lack food, clean water and medical supplies.
“Supply chain is now interrupted if you think about land access, air access, and all about air access,” said the AFP News Agency.
According to the UN refugee agency, more than 400,000 people have been forced to be forced at home from early 2025.
A UN Human Rights High Ms. Jeremy Lawrence spokesman said that there is a report on the Congo army’s sexual violence.
He said there were reports that at least 50 women were raped by some men in southern Kibu.
According to the United Nations, the M23 killed at least 12 people in summary.
A spokesman for Rwanda argued that the military’s army is securing a border in response to the “repetitive violation”, including 15 deaths from the border bombardment.
“DRC must do better work to secure his territory in order. This is their responsibility,” she said.
Makolo added that Rwanda is protecting his investment by placing “tremendous defensive mechanisms and aggressive mechanisms” along the border.
She also said Rwanda was concerned about the existence of Dr. Congo. In 1994, the militia in charge of the massacre of RwandaI returned to Rwanda and wanted to end my job. She accused the Congo authorities for working with these groups.
Congo Foreign Minister accused Rwanda for capturing Dr. Congo.
“I think Rwanda should take gold measures for all mineral exports. They should not benefit from those illegally mined in the eastern DRC,” she said.
This was rejected by Makolo.
Wagner stopped foreign aid with Rwanda and urged sanctions to leaders who “made this war possible.”
She also urged Rwanda’s army to suspend the UN peace mission.
“We must witness a country that witnesses a peaceful country in another country, and must be a warm person in the Great Lake area,” she said.
UN experts said last year that Rwanda has 3,000 to 4,000 troops, along with M23 in eastern Congo.
Human Rights Watch warned that Dr. Congo’s army fought the M23 rebels to increase risks to civilians. The humanitarian group accused both sides for committing a serious abuse of civilians.
UN Secretary -General Antonio GuterRes warned that the current risk of conflict is increasing to a wider war.
Uganda’s army said he would strengthen his defense with Dr. Congo along the border to strengthen his response to the increase in combat.
Dr. Congo is a vast country of about two -thirds of the size of Western Europe, on a border of nine different countries.
In the 1990s, the previous conflict of this country was led by many neighbors and called “World War of Africa.”
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