EU summons Rwandan ambassador over DR Congo offensive

An elderly woman and her two daughters-in-law stand in front of one of the last remaining shelters in the Bulengo internally displaced persons (IDP) camp after it was burned down, in Bulengo on February 17. [DRC]

The EU on Friday summoned Rwanda's ambassador to demand Kigali pull out troops from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and stop backing an offensive by the M23 armed group.

M23 forces have seized large swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC -- including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu -- in the face of limited resistance from Congolese forces.