Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to resume normal life, even as the group clashed with Congolese troops as they tried to take more territory.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame warned that if South African wanted confrontation, his country would respond, and his comments have caused a stir online.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said President Cyril Ramaphosa pretends to be a peacemaker, while the SANDF has been fighting alongside militia group FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) in the troubled DRC.
In an unprecedented escalation of tensions between South Africa and Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa, with Kagame accusing his Pretoria counterpart of distorting facts.
Rwanda's Paul Kagame says South Africa is not a welcomed peacemaker or mediator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo conflict.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has questioned the presence of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) which includes South African armed forces,
The bloody war between South African and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week has become a war of words between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame blasted criticism of his country's role in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where rebels his government backs have seized its largest city,
Afurika y'Epfo ishinja u Rwanda na M23 uruhare mu rupfu rw'abasirikare bayo bagera kuri 13 baguye i Goma no mu nkengero zayo, u Rwanda ruvuga ko bishwe n'ingabo za leta ya Congo.
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma.
Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. View on euronews