M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).
M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...
8 year old Adou Ouattara was found in a suitcase at a Spainish border,during scanning,has reunited with his mother.According to a statement from the city of Ceuta ''He was being cared for at a youth centre since border police discovered him on 7th May 2015 in the suit case of a Moroccan woman''.His father who is said to have planned the exercise was arrested for trying to smuggle the young boy,hoowever sources say he is set to be released.His father's lawyer said the father knew nothing of the suitcase plan,believing his son was to be brought into Spain by a car with a visa he had paid for.Police in Ceuta had found eight year old Adou Ouattara curled up and covered inside a suitcase without air vents at a border checkpoint on May 7.The suitcase containing Adou was being carried through a pedestrain border crossing by a 19 year old woman who identity has not been released,when a security scanner detected the boy inside.Last month officials granted Adou authorization to live in Spain for one year and had been waiting for results of DNA tests before turning him over to his mother Lucie Ouattara,who lives legally in Spain's Canary Islands off the Moroccan coast.Adou was reunited with his mother yesterday monday after tests proved they were related.More photos below.
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