Rwanda and DR Congo 'battle over kidnapped soldier'


Democratic Republic of Congo government soldiers in the east pictured in 2012Friction in between DR Congo and its neighbour has led to decades of instability in the east

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Rwandan forces and troops from DR Congo are fighting each other on their shared border, the Congolese information minister says.
Lambert Mende told the BBC the battle began when a unit of Rwandan soldiers crossed over the border and attacked early on Wednesday.
After fighting for nearly two hours, the Rwandans kidnapped an army corporal and went home, he said.
Clashes resumed when the Congolese learnt the officer had been killed.
The Rwandan authorities have yet to comment on the violence.
The neighbours have had a fractious relationship since the 1994 genocide when those accused of involvement in the killings of an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus set up a militia in eastern DR Congo.
People carrying their belongings flee fighting near Kibumba - 2008Over the years residents near the border with Rwanda have often had to flee their homes because of conflict
Mr Mende said the fighting was in Buhumba in North Kivu province.
The Rwandan soldiers came over the border at about 04:30 local time (03:30 GMT), he told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme.
He said the fighting had broken out again in the afternoon when Congolese soldiers heard the news about their captured colleague.
"There is now fighting. There are also talks - we need really to know what is happening with them," Mr Mende said.
Rwanda has been accused by the UN of playing a part in the unrest in DR Congo over the years, a charge it denies.
Most recently it was accused of backing a rebellion by the M23 - a mainly ethnic Tutsi movement, which was defeated by the Congolese military and a special UN brigade in November.
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Troublesome neighbours
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  • April-June 1994: Genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda
  • June 1994: Paul Kagame's Tutsi rebels take power in Rwanda, Hutu fighters flee into Zaire (DR Congo)
  • Rwanda's army enters eastern Zaire to pursue Hutu fighters
  • 1997: Laurent Kabila's AFDL, backed by Rwanda, takes power in Kinshasa
  • 1998: Rwanda accuses Kabila of not acting against Hutu rebels and tries to topple him, sparking five years of conflict
  • 2003: War officially ends but Hutu and Tutsi militias continue to clash in eastern DR Congo
  • 2008: Tutsi-led CNDP rebels march on North Kivu capital, Goma - 250,000 people flee
  • 2009: Rwanda and DR Congo agree peace deal and CNDP integrated into Congolese army
  • 2012: M23 mutiny led by former CNDP leader Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda
  • 2013: M23, which Rwanda denies backing, is defeated

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