Rwanda is one of the world’s top exporters of coltan—a mineral used in smartphones, laptops, electric cars and more.
The problem?
Rwanda has almost no coltan deposits.
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Rwanda's looting it from Congo.
Despite @UN reports linking #Rwanda to #M23 rebels, the #UK handed #Kagame £240M under the failed asylum deal, strengthening his regime. The West’s strategic interests keep him shielded - France relies on #Rwandan troops in #Mozambique, and the #UN still deploys Rwandan forces in peacekeeping missions. While the US sanctioned some Rwandan officials, the UK avoids action. With clear evidence of Rwanda’s role in the #DRCongo war, why is Kagame still untouchable?
Today I spoke to @lewis_goodall Via @LBC.
The world must unite and use the same pressure on #Rwanda as they did in 2022 for Russia.
Paul Kagame must stop the war and open the political space in Rwanda.
➡️Sports Ban
➡️Economic and Trade Sanctions
➡️Cultural and Diplomatic Isolation
➡️Cultural Events
➡️Diplomatic Measures
Nearly 3,000 people have died in Goma following last week's offensive by RDF to capture the city, according to the provisional death toll announced by the UN on Tuesday, February 4. Since 1996, Kagame's mineral-driven wars in the DRC have claimed over 12 million Congolese lives.
Well, Putin might face trial, but for 30 years, a leader at the heart of Africa’s Great Lakes has:
🔹 Overthrown a gov’t in DRC
🔹 Invaded a neighbor
🔹 Destroyed refugee camps
🔹 Been accused by UN experts of genocide against Congolese and Rwandan Hutus
🔹 Created & armed dozens of militias
🔹 Used thousands of child soldiers
🔹 Made rape a weapon of war
🔹 Caused millions of deaths in Congo
🔹 Now leads a terrorist group occupying eastern DRC
Yet, no sanctions. No tribunal. Nothing.
@kajakallas@EU_Commission, why the double standards? Is African suffering so meaningless that the EU keeps collaborating with total disregard for the Congolese people and their 30 years of agony?
https://t.co/yvt351nRWj
I told @BrusselsTimes that the EU is an active actor in the plundering of the DR Congo. When you make this deal with a country accused over & over of violating Congolese sovereignty, destabilising the region & plundering raw materials, you are complicit.
https://t.co/EgdXRHmFJE
EU signed a deal to buy #Rwandan minerals, but #Rwanda doesn’t even have mines. It’s all stolen from #Congo. How is this not enabling exploitation and corruption? Shameful
Let me get this straight: The UK is sending £1B to #Rwanda every year, money that’s allegedly helping fund the #m23rebels wreaking havoc in #Congo while people HERE are struggling to survive. Families can’t afford food, energy bills are sky-high, and the #NHS is on its knees.
2) Nous ne nous laisserons plus faire, 30 ans c'est assez. Cette fois ci nous irons jusqu'à Kigali pour mettre un terme définitif à la violence rwandaise en RDC.
Les gens devraient savoir que ce n'est pas le #Rwanda qui se bat en #RDC. C'est Kagame lui-même qui utilise le drapeau de notre pays pour attaquer nos voisins à son profit personnel.
JESUS!! over 100 women raped and burned by M23 rebels backed by #Rwanda in #Congo. This is a genocide, a war crime, and a stain on humanity. How many more lives must be lost before the world acts?
More than 100 female prisoners were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma, Congo, as fighters from the M23 rebel group took control of the city. The horrific incident occurred at Munzenze prison last Monday.
https://t.co/FvYGjm00e9