“We are very concerned by credible reports that Rwanda has supported the M23,” the top U.S. diplomat told a press conference in Kinshasa.
Mr Blecher said the 2022 challenge received a total of 425 submissions from 42 countries, representing a 27 per cent increase in total applications.
Between 2014 and 2016, the largest-ever outbreak of the disease took place in West Africa, with more than 11,000 deaths.
Belgium has returned a tooth belonging to the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba.
The OPEC report showed that crude oil output increased in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Angola, Algeria, and Congo.
The ADF is a Ugandan militia that moved to eastern Congo in the 1990s and has killed more than 1,300 people between January 2021 and January 2022.
Rwanda says it will retaliate if it suffers further attacks from its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Ouma’s comments come as the United Kingdom confirmed a case of the rare and sometimes fatal animal-borne disease.
Health workers have since last week vaccinated over 350 people, of which more than 250 are contacts.
DRC is experiencing its 14th Ebola outbreak since 1976, with the current outbreak being the sixth since 2018 alone.
