Kagame speaks to UN boss over DR Congo crisis
The African Union has called for an immediate end to fighting and expressed its "grave worry" about the deteriorating security situation.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The president of Rwanda has stated that he had a "nice chat" towards de-escalating the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo with the UN secretary general.
The DR Congo's army and the M23 rebels, who over the weekend took control of two more towns, have been engaged in conflict in the area for months.
The DR Congo government decided to withdraw Rwanda's ambassador to Kinshasa as a result of the circumstance, a move that Rwanda observed "with sadness."
President Paul Kagame stated in a tweet on Monday that "tools and means to de-escalate and handle the issues to a peaceful resolution are with us... We simply need to make a commitment to using them.
The African Union has called for an immediate end to fighting and expressed its "grave worry" about the deteriorating security situation.
Rwanda has consistently refuted accusations from Kinshasa that it supports M23.
The presidents of both Angola and the East African Community, to which both nations belong, have tried numerous times to cease the carnage and end the decades-long conflict, but to no avail.
