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UK slams sanctions on Rwanda over role in DRC


UK slams sanctions on Rwanda over role in DRC
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Britain on Tuesday said it would pause some bilateral aid to Rwanda and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali over its role in the conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Reuters. Rwanda denies backing the M23 group but says its own troops are acting in self-defense against hostile groups based in the DRC. Thierry Gatete Ruhumuliza, a Rwandan lawyer and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Political Analysis and Research, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, sanctions against Rwanda will not end the conflict in DRC

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