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Kayikwamba accuses Kagame of leading Kabila-linked rebels

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Kayikwamba accuses Kagame of leading Kabila-linked rebelsClaudio Centonze / European Union · CC BY 4.0

DR Congo’s Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner says Rwandan President Paul Kagame is the real leader of the rebel front linked to Joseph Kabila. She also denounces an increased presence of Rwandan forces and rejects any state collusion with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, according to France 24.

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