UN Tells Rwanda: Leave Congo Now

The United Nations Security Council has ordered Rwanda to pull its military forces out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The demand comes as fighting in eastern Congo grows worse. At the same time, the Council voted to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. This mission, called MONUSCO, will continue for one more year. The moves follow the collapse of a recent peace deal. That agreement was organized by the United States but has failed to stop the violence. Eastern Congo has seen decades of conflict. Many armed groups operate there. Rwanda has long been accused of supporting some of these rebels, a claim Rwanda denies. The U.N. resolution formally calls for all foreign armed groups to leave Congo. It also demands that all countries stop supporting these fighters.