Today, the United States sanctioned #RwandaMoD (Rwanda Defence Force) as an institution. And four of its most senior commanders by name: Maj. Gen. Vincent Nyakarundi, Maj. Gen. Ruki Karusisi, Gen. Mubarakh Muganga, and Brig. Gen. Stanislas Gashugi.
I want you to sit with that for a moment.
These are the men at the top of a military that has spent years sending troops into a neighbouring country while their government #RwandaGov
looked the world in the eye and said "we are not there". They were there . They are there as i have reported for many past years And the people of eastern #DRCongo have been paying for it with their lives, their homes, and their land.
Goma. Bukavu. Uvira. City after city, taken. Millions displaced, Killed and raped. And behind every #M23 advance - Rwandan troops, Rwandan drones, Rwandan logistics.
What makes today's announcement even more striking is the timing. Just days ago, #PaulKagame
and @FelixUdps
sat down in Washington and signed a peace deal. The world clapped. And then M23 took Uvira. Civilians ran. People were killed.
So today Washington froze their assets and told Kigali to get every soldier, every weapon, every piece of equipment out of the DRC. Now.
Will they? I genuinely don't know. But what I do know is that this war has never been invisible to those willing to look. We've been looking - at the testimonies, the mineral routes, the command structures.
This is not the end. Not even close.
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