Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been ‘consistently undermined’ by the European nation during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brussels has been leading calls for European nations to sanction Rwanda over its support for the M23, a rebel group at the centre of DR Congo’s crisis. The authorities in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, have given Belgian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. Belgium, which is the former colonial power, has said it will respond to these measures and labelled Rwanda’s decision ‘disproportionate.’ Despite assertions from the UN and US, Rwanda has denied backing the M23. In its statement on Monday, Kigali accused Brussels of attempting to ‘sustain its neo-colonial delusions.'” (03/17/25)