DRCongo accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebel group, which the latter denies as the Congolese army clashed with the militia in the east of the country.

Fighting with the rebel group erupted on several fronts this week in North Kivu, a conflict-torn eastern province of DRC, which borders Rwanda.

"Suspicions are crystallising that the M23 has received support from Rwanda," Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya stated on Wednesday evening, after a crisis meeting with the prime minister.

Primarily a …