Rwanda Objects to UN Support for SADC’s Congo Deployment

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People gather next to some vehicles from the South African National Defence Force as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in near Sake, Rwanda on Feb. 7. — People gather next to some vehicles from the South African National Defence Force as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in near Sake, Rwanda on Feb. 7.
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By Augusta Saraiva and Simon Marks

February 16, 2024 at 4:29 PM UTC

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Rwanda has written to the United Nations Security Council objecting to its plan to support a military deployment by southern African nations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The letter, dated Feb. 12, comes amid a flurry of diplomatic and military activity that threatens to put South Africa on the opposite side of a conflict to Rwanda.