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As turmoil continues in DRC, Tshisekedi 'ready' to sit down with Kagame

From left: Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Joao Lourenco (Angola) and Felix Tshisekedi (DRC). [Courtesy]

The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed the lives of 7,000 people and displaced 450,000 others, according to Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating by the day.

The conflict between the Rwanda-backed M23 movement and the DRC forces is intensifying, threatening to escalate into a regional conflagration, particularly after Kinshasa accused Kigali of deploying troops to fight alongside the Tutsi-dominated rebel group that has seized control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province.

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