UN Report Details Rwanda & Uganda Support for M23 Rebels in DR Congo

UN Report on M23 Rebel Support

• 🌍 A UN expert panel's report details extensive Rwanda support for the M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, including advanced military aid like air defense systems and armed drones.
• 🤝 Uganda is also implicated, with the report finding it doubled its military presence to support the M23's advance.
• 🚫 Both Rwanda and Uganda have denied the allegations made in the report.
• ⛏️ The report also highlights unprecedented smuggling of minerals, such as tantalum, from M23-controlled areas towards Rwanda.
• ⚖️ All sides, including the Congolese army, are accused of committing rights abuses.

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam Dispute

• 🇺🇸 Donald Trump has made new claims that America funded most of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's construction and suggested he could broker a quick end to the dispute.
• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam project rejects Trump's claims, stating the US did not fund the majority of its construction.
• 💧 Cairo remains concerned about potential water shortages from the Nile, while Ethiopia asserts the project will not negatively impact Egypt's water supply.

Other International News

• 🇬🇲 Gambia saw thousands protest against alleged corruption, citing scandals including the deaths of children from contaminated cough syrup and a Russian oil deal.
• 🇨🇩 In the Central African Republic, a lack of electricity infrastructure has led to dangerous illegal connections, resulting in fatalities, including a stampede that killed nearly 30 students after a transformer exploded.
• 🇸🇳 Senegal announced a significant boost for higher education, with plans to hire 500 new university teachers to address a critical shortage.
• 🇳🇬 Nigeria will face hosts Morocco in the final of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
• 🇸🇩 Sudan hosted its first football league game in two years in the city of Berber, offering a rare moment of joy amidst the ongoing civil war.