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The Congolese army has said it made significant advances against eastern rebel forces in a second day of fierce fighting and called on neighbouring Rwanda to help disarm the fighters.
The army's advances on Saturday follow Friday clashes with M23 rebels, the first in two months, after peace talks in Uganda broke down this week.
M23 said in a statement on Saturday that the army had launched a "generalised attack" on several fronts, but that the fighting was turning in its favour.
Army spokesman Colonel Olivier Hamuli said, however, that M23 had been forced out of Kibumba, a town 20km north of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source: Aljazeera
Aljazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/afric...hed-back-eastern-drc-2013102721958147905.html
The army's advances on Saturday follow Friday clashes with M23 rebels, the first in two months, after peace talks in Uganda broke down this week.
M23 said in a statement on Saturday that the army had launched a "generalised attack" on several fronts, but that the fighting was turning in its favour.
Army spokesman Colonel Olivier Hamuli said, however, that M23 had been forced out of Kibumba, a town 20km north of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source: Aljazeera
Aljazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/afric...hed-back-eastern-drc-2013102721958147905.html