Conflict
US Asks Rwanda to Make Troops, Rebel Forces Withdraw From Eastern Congo
- Congo strengthens US ties as dispute with Rwanda intensifies
- Eastern Congo has been wracked by conflict since the 1990s
War-displaced people at the informal camp of Kanyaruchinya, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photographer: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Rwanda to pull back its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and encourage M23 rebels to do the same.