A week after the announcement of British sanctions against Rwanda for its involvement alongside the M23 in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kigali is complaining about what it sees as the UK's "betrayal".

Germany has announced that it has halted new development aid to Rwanda and was reviewing its existing commitments in response to the African nation’s role in the conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

The M23 armed group -- backed by thousands of Rwandan soldiers, according to UN experts -- has taken swathes of the eastern DRC in recent weeks, provoking international condemnation.

Rwanda said Tuesday it was “shameful” of Canada to impose sanctions over its involvement in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The M23 armed group — backed by thousands of Rwandan soldiers,

BERLIN - Germany said on Tuesday that it will suspend new aid to Rwanda over an offensive by the M23 group in the eastern Democratic Republ

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was "shameful", adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.

The government of Rwanda has described the sanctions recently declared by the Canadian government as 'defamatory' ・Canada announces restrictions on financial commitments to Rwanda due to conflict in the DRC ・Rwanda strongly condemns Canada's sanctions and dismisses them as ineffective ・Germany and the United Kingdom also implement restrictive