{"id":11125,"date":"2022-12-29T04:27:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2022-12-29T04:27:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:27:21","slug":"rwanda-says-congo-fighter-jet-briefly-violated-its-air-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/?p=11125","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0Clement Uwiringiyimana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-zoooom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/Z6JINUT3BBPR7AQWZLEPG3DOGQ.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda government spokesperson to hold press briefing in Kigali\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rwanda&rsquo;s government spokesperson Yolande Makolo addresses a news conference on the transfer of asylum seekers from Britain ahead of their arrival in Kigali, Rwanda June 14, 2022. REUTERS\/Jean Bizimana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KIGALI, Dec 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Rwanda&rsquo;s government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congo, Western powers and United Nations experts accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in eastern Congo, who have seized several towns and villages in offensives this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda denies any involvement, saying the allegations are a tactic to cover up Congo&rsquo;s security failures. In July Congo&rsquo;s president and his Rwandan counterpart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/congo-rwanda-begin-talks-amid-tensions-over-insurgency-2022-07-06\/\">agreed at a summit<\/a>&nbsp;in Angola&rsquo;s capital, Luanda, to de-escalate tensions, but the M23 rebels continued to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November an unarmed Congolese warplane briefly landed at a Rwandan airport while on a reconnaissance mission near the border, in what Congo said was an accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0These repeated violations are against the spirit of Luanda and Nairobi peace initiatives,\u00a0\u00bb Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0The authorities in (Congo) seem to be emboldened by consistent coddling by some in the international community who repeatedly heap blame on Rwanda for any and all ills in (Congo), while ignoring the transgressions originating from (Congo),\u00a0\u00bb Makolo added<\/p>\n<div class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend pgfw-icon-display pgfw-icon-display--default\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-justify:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/congokin.blog?action=genpdf&#038;id=11125\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--default pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--icon-only\" title=\"G\u00e9n\u00e9rer un PDF\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-width:25px;--pgfw-icon-height:45px;\" aria-label=\"Download PDF\"><span class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button__media\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img src=\"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space By\u00a0Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI, Dec 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Rwanda&rsquo;s government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year. Congo, Western powers and United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politique","category-societe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11126,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions\/11126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}