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Melissa Chemam with RFI

France says Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in DR Congo

Demonstrators gather to denounce the international community's silence in the face of the perpetual crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP - GUERCHOM NDEBO

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.

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