The US has sanctioned the RDF and four senior commanders for allegedly violating a Washington-brokered peace deal with DRC. It accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebels who have seized territory and mining sites in eastern Congo, undermining the December accord. Rwanda denies the claims and says Congo has failed to curb hostile militias. The move marks Washington’s sharpest break with Rwanda in decades and could complicate UN peacekeeping missions involving Rwandan troops, notes the FT.
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The Trump Administration has had surprisingly decent results so far in this conflict, and their decision here doesn’t exactly seem wrong with respect to its claims.
Weirdly enough it’s the FT and opponents of the Trump administration who are making the case for a more pragmatic, less morally stringent, set of behaviors (not that they’re wrong either, it’s just an interesting inversion).
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The US has sanctioned the RDF and four senior commanders for allegedly violating a Washington-brokered peace deal with DRC. It accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebels who have seized territory and mining sites in eastern Congo, undermining the December accord. Rwanda denies the claims and says Congo has failed to curb hostile militias. The move marks Washington’s sharpest break with Rwanda in decades and could complicate UN peacekeeping missions involving Rwandan troops, notes the FT.
The Trump Administration has had surprisingly decent results so far in this conflict, and their decision here doesn’t exactly seem wrong with respect to its claims.
Weirdly enough it’s the FT and opponents of the Trump administration who are making the case for a more pragmatic, less morally stringent, set of behaviors (not that they’re wrong either, it’s just an interesting inversion).