Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Hopes for peace in eastern D.R. Congo as M23 movement announces end of revolt

The M23 rebel group, blamed for the revolt in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R. Congo) over the last year and a half, has announced it is ending its rebellion, raising hopes for peace in a region where scores of people have died in nearly two decades of violence.

The group announced it would disarm and pursue political talks hours after government forces drove its fighters out of their last two hilltop bases of Tshanzu and Runyoni before dawn. A two week African Union and

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