UK Slaps Sanctions On Rwanda

The UK has unleashed sanctions on Rwanda – and says there’ll be more to follow if Kigali doesn’t get its troops out of eastern DR Congo. The EU – and Germany in particular – are also piling on the pressure, with a billion dollars in development aid potentially at stake. All the same, the UK and other Western countries are beneficiaries of conflict minerals violently and illegally acquired in DR Congo and smuggled through Rwanda. So will London’s sanctions really work?

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