16 07 13 AFP : Kigali says two mortar bombs fired into Rwanda from DRC

He
said the bombs, which caused no injuries, were fired in mid-afternoon
"deliberately" and blamed the DRC army – the FARDC –
and the UN force MONUSCO on the grounds they were fired from territory they
control.

"Two
bombs landed at Kageshi and Gasiza," Joseph Nzabamwita said in a
statement, referring to two villages in Rubavu district in northwestern Rwanda which
borders the troubled eastern DR Congo.

Nzabamwita
said the attack was a "provocative and deliberate act by FARDC and
MONUSCO since there was no fighting nearby between the warring factions."

His
accusation came amid fierce clashes across the border between the DRC
army and M23 rebels, which flared again Sunday around the flashpoint Congolese
city of Goma, leaving at least 130 dead, according to a government
spokesman.

Rwanda, along with neighbouring Uganda, has
been accused of backing the M23, a charge both countries have denied.

Meanwhile
Kigali has
accused the DRC of co-operating with Rwandan Hutu rebels from the Democratic
Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) whose leaders are wanted for
their alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Nzabamwita
said the army had "credible information" that FDLR rebels were
"currently embedded" in the DRC army.

The
M23 briefly seized control of Goma, the capital of DRC's North Kivu province last November but then pulled
out.

The
rebel group has since been weakened by an outright split into two factions and
ensuing internal fighting that resulted in heavy casualties and a wave of
desertions.

Talks
in the Ugandan capital Kampala destined to
restore calm to North Kivu started in
December but have made little headway.

Since
the talks started the only outbreak of fighting recorded between M23 and the
army was in May.

The M23 however is just one of a myriad of
armed groups operating in eastern Congo and other groups are
involved in skirmishes and abuses against the civilian population on a regular
basis.