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Critical time for Rwanda as Kagame, donors fall out

Things are not looking up for Paul Kagame. Rwanda’s President, hitherto a darling of donors, has fallen out with the West over claims he is fueling violence inside Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

A UN report, released in June, accuses President Kagame of funding and arming the rebel group M23 in violation of UN sanctions. The militia is led by renegade Gen Bosco Ntaganda, aka ‘Terminator’, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes.

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