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Rwanda accuses DR Congo soldiers of attack on army border post

Tensions between the DR Congo and its smaller neighbour have been mounting over an offensive in the eastern DRC province of North Kivu [File: Djaffar Sabiti/Reuters]

Rwanda’s army has said its troops briefly exchanged fire with soldiers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a border post, as tension continues to spike between the neighbours.

In a statement on Wednesday, Kigali said that 12 to 14 Congolese soldiers entered the neutral zone near the western district of Rusizi and opened fire at a Rwandan border post, in “an act of provocation”.

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