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Rwanda pulls out of regional bloc over DR Congo row

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Rwanda was supposed to take up the chairman role of the Economic Community of Central African States .

But it was prevented from doing so at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea on Saturday .

Rwanda has been accused of supporting the M23 rebels in the east of DR Congo .

The group has made major advances at the beginning of the year , taking key regional cities of Goma and Bukavu .