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The U.S. accuses Rwanda of violating a peace deal by backing M23 rebels’ new offensive in eastern Congo, where over 400 civilians have been killed.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured the strategic city of Uvira, displacing 200,000 people and raising fears the conflict will spread into neighboring Burundi.

The conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with more than 7 million people displaced overall.

UNITED NATIONS — The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by backing a new and deadly offensive in the mineral-rich eastern Congo and warned that the Trump administration will take ac

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