Dec 16 - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have said they would withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Uvira at the request of the U.S. 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 U.S. President Donald Trump ​in Washington ​and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords.