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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels declare ceasefire in DRC

Corneille Nangaa leads the Alliance Fleuve Congo (Congo River Alliance, or AFC) that includes M23 [File: AP Photo]

Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance across the east of the country for humanitarian reasons.

The AFC/M23 rebel coalition announced late on Monday that it would implement a unilateral ceasefire starting on Tuesday. The group, backed by thousands of troops from neighbouring Rwanda, seized Goma, the main city in eastern DRC, last week, with the United Nations estimating 900 people were killed, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

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