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Obama urges Rwandan president to stop support for M23 rebels in Congo
By artappraiser on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 8:19pm |By David Smith, guardian.co.uk, 19 Dec. 2012
Barack Obama has urged the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, to halt support for rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a move welcomed by critics of Kagame's government.
The United States, and in particular its UN ambassador, Susan Rice, have been accused of turning a blind eye to Rwanda's meddling in its neighbour, partly because of residual guilt over the 1994 genocide.
But in a phone call to Kagame, Obama "underscored that any support to the rebel group M23 is inconsistent with Rwanda's desire for stability and peace".
The White House said the US president stressed [....]
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/19/obama-rwanda-support-congo-rebels
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