Tensions between Rwanda and the United Kingdom (UK) have ratcheted up another notch – with Kigali now billing London for millions of pounds under a scrapped deal to deport migrants to the East African country. Rwanda claims the deal was never ‘formally’ ended, and that a previous understanding to waive the payment based on mutual trust and friendship no longer applies, as Britain has been piling coercive diplomatic pressure on Kigali to end its military support for M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The Rwandan government is accused of using the rebel group as a proxy to destabilise its neighbour and secure mineral riches for Kigali. M23’s latest offensive has caused thousands of deaths and displaced hundreds of thousands.
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