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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

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The UN Security Council has sanctioned 6 people from armed groups amid escalation between the Congolese government and M23 rebels. The US and France called for Rwanda to stop supporting the group.

The United States told Rwanda and Congo on Tuesday that they “must walk back from the brink of war,” the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict between the African neighbors. U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood delivered the warning at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by France as violence has worsened in Congo’s mineral-rich east which borders Rwanda. Wood said Rwanda and Congo, along with “regional actors,” should immediately resu...

A committee imposes an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze on leaders of six armed groups.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's prime minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, has tendered his resignation letter as fighting flared between rebels and government forces.  According to Reuters, Lukonde resigned from office on Tuesday while also announcing the immediate dissolution of his government.  The prime minister tendered his resignation to President Felix Tshisekedi eight days after the validation of his mandate as a national deputy.  He will now join parliament as a member of the ...

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday sanctioned six people belonging to five armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years.

The crisis in the DRC is one of the most severe, complex, prolonged, protracted and neglected in the world. The resurgence of hostility in eastern DRC, especially in North Kivu, is deeply concerning, and violent clashes between the group called M23 and the Congolese armed forces, FARDC in acronym,