Gloves off! Kagame calls out Ramaphosa over involvement in DRC crisis

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa chats with his Rwandan counterpart President Paul Kagame. [Getty Images]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa of distorting facts and making deliberate attacks amid the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

In a post on X, Ramaphosa announced that 13 South African soldiers had died in the past week due to intensified clashes involving the M23 rebel group, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC). He claimed these groups had also targeted the Southern African Development Community Mission peacekeepers in the DRC (SAMIDRC).