Tensions persist as Rwanda denies Congo rebel charges

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Published July 4, 2022 9:43 AM

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA
Associated Press

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Congo of supporting rebels opposed to his government in an escalation of tensions with a neighbor who in turn accuses Rwandan authorities of supporting a violent rebel group which recently captured a town in eastern Congo. Kagame said Monday in a televised address that Rwanda is concerned by alleged Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda or FDLR. The Congo-based rebel group includes fighters accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide. Relations between Rwanda and Congo have frayed after the M23 rebel group last month took a Congolese town and Congo accused Rwanda of invading it.

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