M23 rebels to sign deal with DRC

A woman displaced by fighting between the DRC army and M23 rebels in Bunagana carries her child on her shoulders as they travel to a shelter. File photo: Reuters

A woman displaced by fighting between the DRC army and M23 rebels in Bunagana carries her child on her shoulders as they travel to a shelter. File photo: Reuters

Published Nov 8, 2013

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Kinshasa - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebels will on Monday sign a peace deal that was under negotiation before the M23 suffered a crushing military defeat, Uganda said.

“The agreement is ready and we are expecting everybody to return Monday to sign it,” Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told AFP, confirming that M23 military chief Sultani Makenga is on Ugandan territory. - AFP

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