# Francophone summit opens in Cambodia amid Rwanda-DR Congo rift

https://mins.news/en/item/144095

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-15 05:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/15/francophone-summit-opens-in-cambodia-amid-rwanda-dr-congo-rift?traffic_source=rss

> Leaders of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie are meeting in Phnom Penh as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda dispute who should lead the group. The DRC has threatened to leave if Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo wins another term as secretary-general.

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