DRC-Rwanda tensions: What’s needed to prevent a regional war
Congolese people carry their belongings as they flee from their villages around Sake in Masisi territory, following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC); towards Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on February 7, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
In the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African, Burundian and Tanzanian troops have been deployed to fight the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, a militant group western countries such as the US and France and DRC, accuses Rwanda of supporting.
Soldiers from South Africa and Burundi, as well as from the UN peacekeeping mission, have recently suffered casualties. In the crossfire, civilians have fled: seven million Congolese are now displaced due to this and multiple other crises in the DRC.
