The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has declared an
end to its 20-month rebellion, saying it is ready to disarm
and demobilise troops and pursue a political solution to end the crisis
in the east of the country.The M23 declaration was issued hours after government forces drove
the rebel fighters out of their last two strongholds at around 3am local
time (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday.African leaders had urged the group to renounce their rebellion to
allow the signing of a peace agreement with DRC President Joseph
Kabila's government.Congolese government spokesman Laurent Mende said many rebel fighters
were surrendering after government soldiers seized control of Tshanzu
and Runyoni.Mende said the Kinshasa government was ready to pursue peace talks.
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