Residents of Bambo in Rutshuru territory, 60 kilometers north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, flee as the M23 attacked the town on October 26, 2023. PHOTO | AFP
Burundian troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are getting roped into the murk of M23 rebels who accuse the troops of working with “enemies.” The accusations emerged this week in a statement by M23, who say Burundians are collaborating with armed groups that formed out of remnants of the genocidaires in Rwanda who had fled into the DRC after the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994.
The accusations revisit an age-old tale of how Rwandan and Burundian armed groups have operated inside the Congo but could ruin the warming ties between Rwanda and Burundi.
