US top envoy Anthony Blinken to calm tensions in Rwanda, DR Congo

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Rwanda and DRC this week to push for amends in ties between the two neighbours, who had a public spat last month over the fanning of rebels.

But the US top diplomat will first tour Cambodia and the Philippines and attend a ministerial gathering of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) before arriving in the continent via South Africa.