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Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam with RFI

M23 declares ceasefire as DRC-Rwanda crisis talks loom

People who were displaced return home days after the M23 rebel group seized the town of Goma, in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 3 February 2025. REUTERS - Arlette Bashizi

The armed group M23 has declared a humanitarian "ceasefire" starting this Tuesday in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, while a crisis meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is also being arranged for Friday.

M23 is a member of the political-military coalition known as the Alliance Fleuve Congo (River Congo Alliance). In a statement released late on Monday, the group announced it would implement a ceasefire from Tuesday "for humanitarian reasons."

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