Nigeria’s Grammy-winning singer Tems announced she was cancelling an upcoming concert in Kigali over Rwanda’s support of the M23 armed group waging an offensive in eastern DR Congo.
The announcement came amid international condemnation of Rwanda’s backing of the M23 group, which seized control of the city of Goma this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich east.
Temilade Openiyi, revealed in a post on X that she was cancelling a concert at BK Arena in the Rwandan capital on 22 March.
“So I recently promoted my show in Rwanda without realising that there is ongoing conflict between Rwanda and Congo,” she wrote.
I never ever intend to be insensitive to real-world issues, and I sincerely apologise if this came across that way,” said Tems.
“I simply had no idea this was going on. My heart goes out to those affected.”