{"id":52790,"date":"2025-01-31T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/donald-trump-avoids-deep-comments-on-rwanda-drc-tensions\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T16:03:18","slug":"donald-trump-avoids-deep-comments-on-rwanda-drc-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/donald-trump-avoids-deep-comments-on-rwanda-drc-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump avoids deep comments on Rwanda-DRC tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

When asked about his thoughts on the issue during a press conference on Thursday, President Trump acknowledged that it is indeed a serious matter. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re asking me a question about Rwanda, and it is a very serious problem, I agree, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate right now to talk about it,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n

During the same interview, President Trump touched on various other topics, focusing on his desire to address both domestic and international challenges.<\/p>\n

The DRC accuses Rwanda of collaborating with the M23 rebel group, a claim that Rwanda has repeatedly denied, instead accusing the DRC of supporting the FDLR, a terrorist group responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and which still seeks to overthrow the Rwandan government.<\/p>\n

This group receives military training, equipment, intelligence, and other support from the DRC government, further strengthening its position and ability to expand its operations.<\/p>\n

The situation became even more tense for Rwanda after President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi of the DRC confirmed intentions to support whoever seeking to topple Rwanda\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

In response, Rwanda has implemented defensive measures to help combat the security threats along its border with the DRC, while President Tshisekedi remains committed to continuing the war against M23, a group that has been calling for talks for three years but has refused to participate.<\/p>\n

M23 has gained control of vast areas in North Kivu Province, including the city of Goma, which they captured earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump of the United States (US) has refrained from commenting in detail on the ongoing tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080932,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/webp","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/trump.webp","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52790"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52790"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}