Rwanda: Opposition accuses Kigali of sending troops to kill Rwandans in DRC

A Rwandan opposition group on Monday accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of sending troops into the east of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to kill Rwandans "refugees" there. "The Kigali government sent thousands of troops disguised as field workers to wipe out Rwandan refugees still living in this region and Congolese who refused to collaborate with the regime," the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) said in a statement. "Kigali authorities are once again preparing to take war to the east of the DRC," said the statement signed by spokesman Augustin Dukuze. Rwanda and the DRC are only now in the process of restoring diplomatic relations that were broken off in 1998 when Rwanda was one of six countries drawn into the DRC's bloody civil war.