{"id":10861,"date":"2024-02-18T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=10861"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:10:07","slug":"us-condemns-worsening-violence-in-east-of-dr-congo-accuses-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/10861\/us-condemns-worsening-violence-in-east-of-dr-congo-accuses-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"US condemns worsening violence in east of DR Congo, accuses Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United States on Saturday condemned\u00a0worsening violence\u00a0in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), blaming it on M23, an armed group it said is backed by Rwanda.<\/div>\n
A statement from the U.S. State Department called on M23 to cease hostilities immediately and withdraw from its current positions around Sake and Goma.<\/div>\n
“The United States condemns Rwanda’s support for the M23 armed group,” the statement said.<\/div>\n
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It called on Rwanda to immediately withdraw all of its military personnel from the DRC and remove surface-to-air missile systems, saying these threatened the lives of civilians, U.N. and other regional peacekeepers, humanitarian workers and commercial flights in eastern DRC. Rwanda denies supporting the rebels.<\/div>\n
The U.S. statement also called on the DRC to continue to support confidence building measures, including by ceasing cooperation with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda armed group.<\/div>\n
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Clashes between the M23 rebels, army forces and self-defence groups that support them have escalated recently in the DRC, forcing entire communities to flee.<\/div>\n
South Africa said this week it would send 2,900 troops as part of its contribution to a force deployed by southern African regional bloc SADC\u00a0to help Congo fight rebel groups.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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