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Rwanda cuts diplomatic ties with Belgium, orders diplomats to leave

Rwanda President Paul Kagame. [File, Standard]

Rwanda has severed diplomatic relations with Belgium, accusing it of neocolonial interference, regional destabilisation and tolerating genocide denial.

The government ordered Belgian diplomats to leave within 48 hours.

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