Rwandan army accuses DRC of firing rockets into Rwanda

• The Rwanda Defence Power says the DRC fired two 122mm rockets into their territory.
• Rwanda reported the incident to the International Convention on the Nice Lakes Area.
• The DRC claims Rwanda despatched 500 particular forces into northern Kivu.

The Rwanda Defence Power (RDF) says the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) military has, for the third time within the house of two weeks, bombed Rwandan territory.

In a press release issued late on Friday, the RDF claimed the DRC’s nationwide military fired two rockets at round 12 midday.

“The DRC armed pressure, FARDC, fired two 122mm rockets into Rwanda from the Buganana space, putting across the Rwanda-DRC border in Nyabigoma Cell, Kinigi Sector, Musanze District on 10 June 2022 at 11:55,” the RDF mentioned.

Fortunately, in keeping with the RDF, there have been no casualties – in contrast to the primary two assaults on 19 and 23 Could.

Tensions stay excessive between the 2 nations as they accuse one another of working with insurgent forces.

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The RDF mentioned the most recent incident had been reported to the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism – a crew comprised of army specialists from the Worldwide Convention on the Nice Lakes Area (ICGLR) member states.

The ICGLR is made up of Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.

The RDF mentioned that, by reporting the incident to the ICGLR, it sought to “guarantee the inhabitants that efforts to resolve this situation are underway and their security is assured”.

The most recent incident comes just a few days after the DRC alleged that Rwanda had despatched 500 disguised particular forces into northern Kivu, a declare Rwanda has refuted.

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