According to a report, the democratic republic of the Congo and Rwanda held an emergency meeting on Saturday following m23’s capture of Goma in the eastern drC. Reportedly, Rwanda want drC to negotiate directly with m23 which they refuse to do. According to the report, the congolese president, Félix Tshishekedi blames the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame for backing m23 with weapons and troops and invading drC with the intention of looting the country’s mineral wealth and orchestrating regime change.
According to the report, Rwanda has a long history of military intervention inside drC linked to the aftermath of the 1994 rwandan genocide.
Reportedly, Mr Kagame said that Rwanda’s priority is to destroy an armed group formed by the hutu genocide perpetrators who massacred rwandan tutsis and then fled to what is now eastern drC. According to the report, Mr Kagame has accused drC’s army of joining forces with them to slaughter congolese tutsis and threaten Rwanda, but a former u.n. investigator in drC said Rwanda is maintaining a sphere of influence in the lucrative eastern drC.
Reportedly, in 2024 25.6 million people in drC were suffering from high acute food insecurity, this includes around 3.1 million people facing critical levels of food insecurity. According to the report, there is a concern that the campaign will strengthen internal opposition and lead to a coup.