Rwanda vows to retaliate if DR Congo 'attacks continue'

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. 


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What you need to know:

  • Relations between the two countries have been strained since the mass arrival in the eastern DRC of Rwandan Hutus accused of slaughtering Tutsis during the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi.
  • Relations began to thaw after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi took office in 2019 but recent fighting between Congolese forces and M23 -- a primarily Congolese Tutsi group -- has reignited tensions.