The United States has imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four of its senior commanders, accusing them of actively fuelling instability in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through support for the M23 rebel group. In a statement, the United States Department of the Treasury alleged that Rwanda’s military has trained, equipped and fought alongside the March 23 Movement (M23), thereby undermining a US-brokered peace agreement signed in December between the governments of Kinshasa and Kigali. Thabiso Tema spoke to Lionel Manzi Editor for Pan African Review in Rwanda.

<p>The United States has imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four of its senior commanders, accusing them of actively fuelling instability in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through support for the M23 rebel group. In a statement, the United States Department of the Treasury alleged that Rwanda&rsquo;s military has trained, equipped and fought alongside the March 23 Movement (M23), thereby undermining a US-brokered peace agreement signed in December between the governments of Kinshasa and Kigali. Thabiso Tema spoke to Lionel Manzi Editor for Pan African Review in Rwanda.</p>

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The United States has imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force, RDF and top military officials over their role in ongoing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and called for their immediate withdrawal from the mineral-rich region.