Rwanda accused of violating peace agreement

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Rwanda accused of violating peace agreement
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Just days after a peace agreement was signed, Congo-Kinshasa President Felix Tshisekedi accuses neighboring Rwanda of violating it.

"Despite our good faith and the recently ratified agreement, it is clear that Rwanda is already violating its commitments," Tshisekedi said in a speech in parliament on Monday.

He is referring to attacks that Rwandan-backed forces, backed by "heavy weapons fired" from western Rwanda, are said to have carried out in the eastern province of South Kivu.

Fighting with the M23 militia group – which according to the UN is supported by Rwanda – has also continued.

On Sunday, more than 30 people were also killed in an explosion in the village of Sange, also in South Kivu. The detonation occurred after a dispute between the Congolese army and a rebel group that is actually collaborating with the military, according to local leaders.

Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame signed the peace agreement with President Donald Trump in Washington as recently as Thursday. Trump called the agreement “historic.”

The conflict has been ongoing with varying intensity since the mid-1990s.

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