Kagame Targets Ramaphosa Amid Rising Tensions Over Congo Crisis

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has launched a furious broadside against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as diplomatic tensions spill over in the wake of the killing of 13 South African soldiers in a Rwandan-backed invasion of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On Sunday, Rwandan troops and Rwandan-backed rebels in the M23 militia (pictured) entered Goma, the largest city in the eastern DRC’s North Kivu Province. Can South Africa afford to continue its stay in Rwanda, is South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on collision course with Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and how can the Congo crisis be sustainably dealt with? We spoke to South African politician and former ANC member, Carl Niehaus, who of late has been critical of South Africa’s handling of its soldiers in the Congo.