WPR Article | Rwanda’s Kagame Sees Influence in the DRC Take a Hit

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Rwanda's Kagame Sees Influence in the DRC Take a Hit

By Jon Rosen, on 01 Oct 2013, Briefing

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When the M23, a Rwanda-backed militia, launched a rebellion last year in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), few could have guessed the fallout it would cause in Kigali. 

For years, credible reports had documented a host of Rwanda-sponsored abuses in the region, from civilian massacres to the plundering of minerals. Yet Rwanda's Western backers, wary of undermining a country considered a major development success, generally looked the other way. ...

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