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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

UK summons Rwandan high commissioner as Congo fighting continues

The Foreign Office has summoned Rwanda’s top diplomat in the UK over advances by Kigali-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The M23 rebel group, which is alleged to be supported by the Rwandan government, has occupied the cities of Goma and Bukavu in recent weeks as it fights for control of Congo’s mineral-rich, eastern region.

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