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| Rwanda denies involvement in grenade attack blamed on Burundi rebels |
| 2024-05-14 |
| [AFRICANEWS] Rwanda says it didn't arm rebels accused of a grenade attack, despite Burundi's accusations. Relations between the two countries remain tense. "We call on Burundi to solve its own internal problems and not associate Rwanda with such despicable matters," government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said in a statement Sunday. Burundi's interior ministry blamed the grenade attack on Friday that injured 38 people on RED-Tabara rebels and said the group was backed by Rwanda. The rebel group denied responsibility for the attack. Relations between Rwanda and Burundi have deteriorated since early this year when Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye renewed accusations that Rwanda was funding and training the RED-Tabara rebels, who oppose the Burundi government. Burundian authorities consider RED-Tabara a terrorist movement and accuse its members of being part of a failed coup attempt in 2015. The group first appeared in 2011 and has been accused of a string of attacks in Burundi since 2015. In January, the Rwandan government accused Burundi of closing the border between the two countries, two weeks after an attack that Burundi said was carried out by the RED-Tabara group. Related: Rwanda: 2024-05-07 Half of Irish population now want migrant checkpoints at the Northern Ireland border to slow asylum... Rwanda: 2024-05-06 Growing concern as DRC prosecutors open judicial inquiry against Cardinal Rwanda: 2024-05-06 Lavrov: The West wants to break the Serbs with a UN resolution on Srebrenica Related: Burundi: 2024-04-17 Operation prevent the next pandemic: Biden admin. announces new treaty with 50 countries to identify next killer pathogens, Mpox in DRC and NKor research are poss. suspects Burundi: 2024-03-15 James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for failing to safely store the gun his 15-year-old son used to kill four students Burundi: 2024-03-13 Rwanda's President agrees to meet Felix Tshisekedi over eastern Congo crisis Related: RED-Tabara: 2024-01-24 Tensions between Burundi and Rwanda increase RED-Tabara: 2023-12-24 Burundi: 20 dead in rebel attack Related: Evariste Ndayishimiye 01/24/2024 Tensions between Burundi and Rwanda increase Evariste Ndayishimiye 12/24/2023 Burundi: 20 dead in rebel attack Evariste Ndayishimiye 12/09/2023 Burundi: Former Prime Minister sentenced to life in prison |
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