Overview
- President Felix Tshisekedi told lawmakers Rwanda was already violating commitments signed in Washington last week, citing recent attacks in South Kivu.
- M23 fighters seized Luvungi and advanced toward Uvira near the Burundian border, according to local sources, while Rwanda continues to deny supporting the group.
- A blast in the town of Sange left as many as 36 people dead, with responsibility and the weapon used not yet established, local officials said.
- Burundi condemned what it called Rwandan bombings near Cibitoke that wounded two people, as civilians and soldiers fled into both Burundi and Rwanda.
- UN experts reported summary executions and forced mass displacements by Rwanda’s army and M23, deepening doubts about enforcement of the new deal that also features a U.S.-backed minerals component.