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Clinton urges end to Congo crisis as leaders meet

By REUTERS

AUGUST 7, 2012 20:20

KAMPALA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Rwanda and Great Lakes neighbors on Tuesday to stop supporting Congolese rebels as regional leaders met in Uganda to discuss ways to end the insurgency in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Clinton's call, made in South Africa during her latest stop on an African tour, maintained international pressure on Rwanda and Uganda to withdraw any backing for the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, whose advances have thrown the volatile, ethnically-mixed east of Congo back into conflict, displacing thousands of civilians.

The Rwandan government has strenuously denied allegations by UN experts that its military officials have provided equipment and recruits for the M23 rebellion. Uganda has also rejected similar allegations that its soldiers have backed the movement.

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