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UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tackles two of the world's most intractable conflicts at the U.N. Thursday _ eastern Congo's nearly two decades of fighting and Syria's 2 1/2-years of escalating violence.

America's chief diplomat will preside at a U.N. Security Council meeting assessing progress in implementing a Feb. 24 peace accord signed by 11 African nations to end years of fighting in eastern Congo. Later, he will meet with leaders of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition to promote an international conference and a political solution to the conflict that has claimed at least 93,000 lives since 2011.

Aid agencies have voiced fears that a possible military offensive by the United Nations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could make the humanitarian situation worse and lead to attacks on their workers.

UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday expresses his deep concern over the current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fresh clashes between armed rebels and Congolese troops have forced thousands of civilians to flee.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday led calls at the United Nations for an end to foreign backing for rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Without naming any country — but in a message aimed at Rwanda — Kerry said the United States is "deeply concerned" about reports of new external support for M23 rebels battling government forces.

STATE DEPARTMENT — The Obama administration wants Rwanda to stop backing Congolese rebels who are undermining efforts to end decades of violence in East Africa's Great Lakes region.

(Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan military officials were involved.

By Andrew Zajac
July 23 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission rule requiring companies to disclose whether any
“conflict minerals” are used in their products was upheld by a
federal court in Washington.

Johannesburg (dpa) – The chances for a peace deal this year in eastern Congo always looked dim. But fresh rounds of fighting in the past week between the Congolese army and the M23 insurgency have further eroded hopes for results.

Three Congolese army helicopters on Tuesday blasted positions of the rebel M23 movement near the eastern Democratic Republic of Gongo (DRC) provincial capital of Goma.

GOMA — As the Congolese army battles M23 rebels near the eastern town of Goma, many are wondering when and if an enhanced U.N. peacekeeping operation will join the fight.