Democratic Republic of Congo should file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over Rwanda's failure to respect its border, Belgium's ambassador to Congo said at a meeting to assess the deepening crisis in eastern Congo. At a meeting of fo… | diplomaticbriefing April 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo should file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over Rwanda's failure to respect its border, Belgium's ambassador to Congo said at a meeting to assess the deepening crisis in eastern Congo. At a meeting of foreign envoys in the eastern city of Goma, Belgian ambassador Roxane de Bilderling said more should be done to hold Rwanda to account. "Another way of exerting pressure is for the Congo to lodge a complaint with the International Court of Justice for failure to respect international borders," she said, referring to Rwanda. (https://neuters.de/world/africa/dr-congo-should-file-complaint-against-rwanda-with-icj-says-belgian-envoy-2024-04-19/) Congo has been struggling to push back M23 rebels since they launched a comeback offensive in the already restive east in 2022. The fighting has displaced 738,000 more people in the first three months of this year alone, according to the U.N. aid agency OCHA. The Congolese government, U.N. officials and Western powers including the United States and Belgium have accused Rwanda of providing support for M23 - including weapons and soldiers - which Rwanda has repeatedly denied. Rwanda's army has previously accused Congo of arming and fighting alongside another rebel group, the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). The conflict is part of the long fallout from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The M23 group is ethnic Tutsi-led, while the FDLR is composed of ethnic Hutus. | | | | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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