Afrigather Because the makes an attempt to revive peace within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the East African Group regional leaders proceed, rebels from the March 23 Motion have superior to seize territories within the japanese DRC.
The Congolese authorities nonetheless claims Rwanda is orchestrating the clashes between the 2 international locations by supporting the M23 rebels.
Previously couple of months, many Kinyarwanda talking Congolese often known as Banyamurenge and Tutsi have been introduced killed within the DRC as they had been suspected of being allies of the M23.
Congolese folks make up over 60 p.c of the entire refugee inhabitants in Rwanda.
Dwelling and doing companies in nation, they shared with Africanews their experiences of being Congolese in Rwanda in instances like these and amidst the political conflict between the 2 international locations.
Congolese enterprise man, Vianney Saidi mentioned: “We aren’t dealing with any points in Rwanda, we the Congolese, we aren’t affected by the conflict in any respect.
“We’re doing nicely and progressing with our companies right here in Rwanda, most technicians, hairstylists and tailors right here in Rwanda are Congolese and so they don’t have any complaints in any respect.”
However Julien Mulatwe, a Congolese businesswoman has had a distinct expertise.
“I used to import my jewelry merchandise from Congo, now I’ve no means of importing them,” she explains.
“I can’t journey to Congo, I may get killed, my enterprise has been affected badly, I’ve needed to put it on maintain.”
Kenyan forces have been deployed within the DRC with a mandate to create a buffer zone between the DRC forces and the M23 rebels so preventing can halt.
On Wednesday this week, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) vowed to guard the strategic Goma Airport in japanese DRC from potential assaults.
Jean Baptiste Gasominari is a Political Lawyer in Rwanda.
“There have been a whole lot of points between Rwanda and DRC and principally they originate from the genocide perpetrated in opposition to the Tutsi in Rwanda,” he explains. “And people perpetrators that fled to Rwanda had been welcomed with their weapons and ideologies, they had been by no means disarmed, their navy capabilities elevated as a result of they had been being armed by the Congolese authorities.
“The involvement of Uganda, Kenya and Burundi are geared toward bringing peace and safety, but when these root causes of the battle aren’t addressed, then the battle won’t ever finish.”
Because the M23 rebels advance to manage extra areas in japanese DRC, over 89 refugees have crossed over the Kabuhanga border to hunt refuge in Rwanda.
Rwanda denies supporting the M23 rebels.
