Orb Standard: Africa

Tuesday, June 15

Thousands of people have fled fighting

Rwanda is massing troops on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the DRC army has charged in a statement, as a dissident army general in the east, allegedly backed by Kigali, was poised to make good on a threat to start a new war.

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