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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies

DRC government and M23 agree to halt fighting and work towards truce

M23 militants holding guns sitting on a vehicle.
UN experts and several western governments say the M23 militants, pictured in Goma, DRC, in January, are supported by Rwanda. Photograph: Brian Inganga/AP

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and a coalition of militias including the Rwanda-backed M23 have agreed to work toward a truce to end the fighting that has engulfed the eastern part of the country since January.

In similarly worded statements released on Wednesday night, the government and Alliance Fleuve Congo (Congo River Alliance) said their representatives had held talks facilitated by Qatar and resolved to end the conflict through peaceful means.

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