RWANDA-BELGIUM SPAT ESCALATES: TIT-FOR-TAT EXPULSIONS

Rwanda and Belgium have just expelled each other’s diplomats tit for tat, as tensions between the two escalate over what Kigali claims are Brussels’ efforts to destabilise it. The European nation has reportedly been gathering international support to pressure the east African state into ending its involvement in the minerals war in eastern Congo. Our video digs deeper.

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