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Rwanda quits Central African bloc in dispute with DR Congo

c/world · u/MicroWave@lemmy.world · 48 points

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**_Rwanda was blocked Saturday from its upcoming turn at the rotating presidency role in a Central African economic bloc._**

Rwanda Sunday announced it was going to withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) over tensions with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group seized large swaths of eastern Congo earlier this year, including its two biggest cities, with the offensive having led to a broader war between the two neighbors.

The office of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said in a statement that ECCAS members had "acknowledged the aggression against the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ordered the aggressor country to withdraw its troops from Congolese soil."

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u/hansolo@lemmy.today · 3 points

Honestly, unless there's a shared currency to keep afloat, regional bodies like this are always a tentative benefit at best. Especially in this neighborhood.

Rwanda is orders of magnitude more just a normal, functional country than DRC.