pressure grows on eu to freeze minerals deal with rwanda over drc fighting

Pressure Grows On Eu To Freeze Minerals Deal With Rwanda Over Drc Fighting

Belgium leads calls for suspension of agreement after Rwanda-backed rebels captured city of Goma The EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been blamed for fuelling the conflict in the east of the . Calls to freeze the agreement have grown after fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group , escalating a decades-old conflict and raising fears of a regional war.