Rwanda’s Kagame blasts US sanctions, cites bias toward DR Congo

President Paul Kagame has described US sanctions as “insults thrown in the face” of Rwanda and said Washington is exerting “heavy pressure” on Kigali but treating the DR Congo “delicately”.

The United States announced sanctions early March against the Rwandan army over its support for the M23 anti-governmental group, which has seized swathes of the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2021.

The DRC and Rwanda…