News brief
The U.S. sanctioned the Rwandan military and senior officials.
It accused them of supporting the March 23 (M23) movement, which is responsible for human rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The penalties come months after a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, though fighting has continued and more than 7 million people have been displaced, according to the U.N. agency for refugees. A Rwandan government spokesperson said the sanctions 鈥渕isrepresent the reality and distort the facts of the conflict鈥� in eastern Congo.