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Rwanda's army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo's military in the country's troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts seen by AFP on Thursday. 

Police in Wakiso District killed two suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels

M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern DR Congo is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park and leaving the endangered species vulnerable to poachers, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

This is the first time that France has openly condemned Rwanda over M23 rebels

M23 said fighting had resumed in Bwiza, North Kivu, and accused the Congolese army of having “attacked its positions.”

The death toll after heavy flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa this week has risen to 169, the United Nations' humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday, citing authorities.

Prices for basic items such as soap surged 20 percent in some Goma markets between October and November.

The bodies of five children, three women and four men were found in the morning, he said

Blinken played down the lack of talks with Kagame, noting that he recently spoke to him by telephone, but made clear the United States was expecting action from Rwanda on the M23 rebels in the eastern DRC.

Fighting in the eastern North Kivu region has aggravated already tense relations between DR Congo and Rwanda