REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

FRANCE CREATES AFRICAN COMMAND WITHIN ARMED FORCES. (PHOTO).


 France Creates African Command Within Armed Forces


The French government has established an African command within the country's armed forces, appointing Brig. Gen. Pascal Ianni as its commander, Sputnik reported.


Paris is reviewing its military presence in Africa and the French army has set up an African command for the continent, according to the government's decree.


Discussions of the creation of the African command were being held against the backdrop of Paris reducing the number of its troops on the continent, sources told AFP earlier in the month, adding that the country's government planned to reduce its contingent in West and Central Africa to several hundred troops as part of an updated, more restrained partnership.


Paris plans to deploy about 100 troops in Gabon and Senegal, down from 350 previously deployed in each country. Military presence in Cote d'Ivoire is reportedly to be reduced from 600 to about 100, while in Chad, France will deploy around 300 troops, as opposed to the 1,000 previously present in the African country.

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