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muriel_volestrangler

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1. Congo's M23 rebels declare ceasefire but shelling continues
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 04:20 PM
Nov 2013
(Reuters) - Congo's M23 rebels declared a ceasefire on Sunday after a string of defeats by government forces, but clashes with the Congolese army continued in the steep, forested hills to where the rebels have withdrawn.
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"We call on the facilitator of the Kampala peace talks to immediately put in place a mechanism to monitor the ceasefire," the rebels said in statement.

However, a Reuters journalist near the frontline at Runyoni, in North Kivu province, said the two sides were shelling each other's positions on Sunday afternoon.

"With this kind of thing there is always a delay between the order being given and the reality on the ground," said government spokesman Lambert Mende. "In any case the army will continue to pursue the demobilisation and disarmament of the rebels."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/03/uk-congo-democratic-rebels-idUKBRE9A207X20131103

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