Rwanda, DRC warned over border deployment

Officers from the UN, Rwandan and Congolese Joint Verification Mission tour a part of the Rwandan border on June 12, 2014 in Kanyesheza, where fighting is said to have taken place. AFP

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been cautioned against military deployment along their respective borders to avoid skirmishes between the armies of the two countries.

This follows assessment by a group of experts from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGRL) under the Extended Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM), which was investigating border clashes between the two countries a fortnight ago that left five Congolese soldiers dead.