M23 rebels Begin Withdrawal From The Congo City Of Goma

Rebels Begin Withdrawal In Eastern DR Congo -- Al Jazeera

M23 spokesman says the group is doing a phased pullout from territory they have captured, starting south of Goma.

Rebels in eastern DR Congo say they have started withdrawing from territory they have captured from government troops, days after a pullout deal was reached in neighbouring Uganda.

Amani Kabashi, deputy spokesman for the M23 group, told Al Jazeera that rebels were starting to withdraw from the town of Mushake, 50km south of the provincial capital, Goma, on Wednesday.

Diplomatic efforts to end violence in eastern Congo have been ongoing since the M23 group captured Goma in fighting with Congolese troops and advanced across the east of the country last week. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting between government troops and the rebels.

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