Dar es Salaam, Feb. 22 -- AFRICA: Unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution “strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of M23 rebels in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of the Rwanda Defense Forces.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto have urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a phone call, the State Department said.

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Kenyan President William Ruto to discuss the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the unacceptable capture of Goma and Bukavu by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group,” the State Department said on Friday.

“Both lea...