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Since the withdrawal of the EACRF in December last year, fighting between the DRC armed forces and M23 rebels have intensified in the eastern part of the country.

France has called on Rwanda to end all support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to pull its troops out of the country. This comes on the heels of demonstrations in the eastern city of Goma against both Rwanda and its Western allies. Fighting between the mostly Tutsi M23 rebellion and Congolese government forces has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres from Goma in North Kivu province.The DRC, the UN and some Western countries have been saying for mon

The clashes have left at least 35 civilians dead and hundreds wounded, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty's regional director for east and southern Africa said

The fighting has increased risk of an all-out conflict between Congo and Rwanda that could suck in neighbours and regional forces.

A period of 72 hours has been granted to owners of vehicles to comply with the regulation.

The fighting has increased the risk of an all-out conflict between Congo and Rwanda that could suck in neighbours.

The fighting has increased the risk of an all-out conflict between Congo and Rwanda that could suck in neighbours.

Rwanda denies backing the M23 rebels, although the US, DR Congo, and a UN group of experts have said that it funds and fights alongside the group.

DRC

Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.