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| DR Congo M23 rebels back moves towards peace and agree to meet with the government as early as January |
The M23 rebels, one of the main groups fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have said that they are ready to withdraw from areas that they occupy in the region, in respect to the resolutions of last month's summit in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
A statement from Lawrence Kanyuka, the M23’s political spokesperson, adds that the rebel group supports regional efforts towards and a lasting solution to the instability in eastern DR Congo.
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The Community of East African States (EAC) also announced Tuesday that armed groups and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will hold peace talks in January in eastern DRC, following three previous meetings in Kenya.
This announcement was made at the end of the third session of the "inter-Congolese dialogue", which brought together for eight days in Nairobi representatives of some 50 armed groups, the government and civil society.
The M23 rebellion, which is leading an offensive in the east of the country and which Kinshasa describes as a "terrorist" movement, is not participating in these discussions.
