US 'strongly condemns' violence in eastern DRCongo

Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2024

The United States on Saturday deplored growing violence by DR Congo's M23 rebels, saying the group's backers in Rwanda must remove sophisticated ground-to-air missiles that are threatening lives in the country's east. Fighting has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Goma, between M23 rebels and Congolese government forces. "The United States stron