Germany Latest European Nation to Freeze Fresh Aid for Rwanda
M23 rebels in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 22.
Photographer: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty ImagesGermany has become the latest European nation to suspend financial aid to Rwanda for backing the M23 rebel group that’s seized huge swathes of neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
“Rwandan troops are still operating in #EasternDRC & supporting M23, thus violating the sovereignty of the #DRC. Therefore, Germany’s @BMZ_Bund is putting new financial commitments on hold & currently reviewing our bilateral development cooperation with #Rwanda,” the German Foreign Office said in a post on X.