Rwanda denies training Burundi rebels

Rwanda has dismissed allegations in a leaked UN report that it is training Burundian refugees who want to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza. The report is based on evidence from 18 Burundian fighters. Similar allegations have been made by Burundi’s government. A political crisis in the country, sparked by President Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a […]

Rwanda has dismissed allegations in a leaked UN report that it is training Burundian refugees who want to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza.
The report is based on evidence from 18 Burundian fighters. Similar allegations have been made by Burundi’s government.
A political crisis in the country, sparked by President Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term last April, has led thousands to flee.
Seventy thousands of the 240,000 Burundians who have left the country since the crisis began are living in Rwanda.
“The unfounded allegations come from the fact that Rwanda has been hosting refugees considered hostile to [the government in Burundi’s capital] Bujumbura,” Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said in a statement.