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NEWS >Ukraine/Russia The battle for Severodonetsk rages on as UAF continue to holdout in the city centre and the Azot plant. Humanitarian corridors are to be opened for civilians to flee Severodonetsk into Lisichansk, still under hohol control >Rwanda/DRC M23 rebels in the DRC have seized the eastern border town of Bunagana on Monday. Tshisekedi blamed Rwanda for the incident >Syria A new Turkish military operation in Syria may be launched after the completion of the current Turkish army cross-border operation in northern Iraq, the Hürriyet newspaper reported >France the Nupes (leftist coalition) and the presidential majority are neck and neck in the first round of the legislative elections (25.66% and 25.75%). While the National Rally is positioned as the 3rd political force with 18.68% of the vote. >Burkina Faso At least 79 people died in an attack by suspected jihadists on Saturday night in the northern Burkina Faso town of Seytenga, according to a new government report Tuesday
Thousands in anti-Rwanda rally in eastern DR Congo city
>Several thousand people rallied Wednesday in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma to protest against Rwanda, a day after the government reiterated claims Kigali backed a notorious rebel group. Tension in the border city was high as riot police dispersed some demonstrators, many of them angry young men stripped to the waist, who tried to push through the frontier post with Rwanda, an AFP reporter saw. At least one person was injured. The crowd chanted slogans against Rwanda and its president Paul Kagame. "No more Rwandans, let's go and sort out Kagame," was one. "We are demonstrating against the M23's incursion in the Democratic Republic of Cong. "We are calling on the government to give us uniforms and weapons so that we can fight" the Rwandan army, a demonstrator who gave his name as Eric told AFP, to the applause of other demonstrators.
>A primarily Congolese Tutsi militia that is one of scores of armed groups in eastern DRC, the M23 leapt to global prominence in 2012 when it captured Goma. It was forced out shortly afterwards in a joint offensive by UN troops and the Congolese army. The rebels resumed fighting last November after accusing the Kinshasa government of failing to respect a 2009 agreement under which the army was to incorporate its fighters. Clashes intensified in March, causing thousands of people to flee, and on Monday the rebels took the trading town of Bunagana. The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the rebels -- an assertion that it repeated on Tuesday after several hundred people rallied in Kinshasa to demand President Felix Tshisekedi break off diplomatic ties with Kigali. Rwanda denies the allegation of involvement. Both sides have accused each other of cross-border shelling.
I find it funny how even migration is an issue that can be outsourced to the third world. Kagame and co will reap some monetary benefits i suppose, as well as some "human rights points". The outrage seems hypocritical tho, Rwanda was already receiving refugees from Lybia under a UN backed deal.
