 Kunyange hazvo chikonzero chikuru chakaita kuti Kagame arwe hondo mbiri muCongo chaiva chekuchengetedza Rwanda, anonzi akawana mari nekushandisa zvicherwa zvekuMabvazuva kweCongo. Muna 2001 United Nations Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo yakataura kuti Kagame, pamwe chete nemutungamiri weUganda, Museveni, vakanga vari pedyo nekuva vanababa vekushandisa zvisiri pamutemo zviwanikwa uye kuenderera mberi kwehondo muDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Mushumo uyu unotaurawo kuti Ministry of Defence yeRwanda yaive ne Congo Desk yakatsaurirwa kuunganidza mitero kubva kumakambani ane mvumo yekuchera zvicherwa zvakapoteredza Kisangani, uye kuti huwandu hwakawanda hwecoltan nedhaimani hwaipfuura nemuKigali isati yatengeswazve pamusika wepasi rose nevashandi veCongo Desk. Sangano reGlobal Witness risiri rehurumende rakaitawo zvidzidzo zvomumunda pakutanga kwa2013. Yakagumisa kuti zvicherwa kubva kuNorth neSouth Kivu zvinotumirwa kunze kwenyika zvisiri pamutemo kuRwanda uye zvobva zvashambadzirwa seRwanda. VaKagame vakaramba zvirevo izvi vachiti hazvina hwaro uye zvine zvematongerwo enyika; mubvunzurudzo ya2002 nepepanhau re Africa Confidential, VaKagame vakati kana humbowo hwakasimba hwakanangana nevakuru veRwanda hukaunzwa, hwaizotorwa zvakanyanya. Muna 2010, United Nations yakaburitsa mushumo uchipomera mauto eRwanda mhosva yekutyora kodzero dzevanhu zvakanyanya uye mhosva dzinopesana nehunhu muDemocratic Republic of Congo panguva yeFirstuye Hondo yeCongo yeChipiri, mhosva dzinorambwa nehurumende yeRwanda. 