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Fighting with heavy weapons resumed in eastern DRC between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army. For five days or so, there was an apparent peace following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23, wherein a ceasefire was declared on 25th November. Although the ceasefire did not lead to any withdrawal of the forces, the fighting had ceased
Fighting with heavy weapons resumed in eastern DRC between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army. For five days or so, there was an apparent peace following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23, wherein a ceasefire was declared on 25th November. Although the ceasefire did not lead to any withdrawal of the forces, the fighting had ceased. However, as reports indicate, the fighting has resumed between the rebels and the armed forces of the DRC (FARDC) in Kirima, about ten km from the town of Kirizi.
Fighting with heavy weapons resumed recently (last Thursday) in eastern DRC after five days of a truce following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23. This summit had decided on a ceasefire from Friday 25 at 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. GMT), followed two days later by the withdrawal of the M23 from the areas conquered for several months in the province of North Kivu.
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No withdrawal was observed, but the fighting had ceased since Saturday morning between the army and the M23, even though the latter continued to oppose militias, in particular in a village in the Bambo region, around 70 km north of the provincial capital Goma, where many civilians are believed to have been killed.
