Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to sign a United States-mediated peace deal on Friday following several months of conflict that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions in resource-rich eastern DRC.
I was terrified, the 23-year-old said of her journey of about 130 metres, spent clinging to a makeshift float alongside a young man whom she had paid to take her to the Burundian side.
Suminwa urged the world to act and to impose dissuasive sanctions on Rwanda amid mass displacement and reports of summary executions, stating, "It is impossible to describe the screams and cries of millions of victims of this conflict."