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D R Congo: M23 rebels agree to ceasefire

A ceasefire in the D R Congo’s conflict was brokered by the International Conference on Great Lakes (ICGL).

The M23 rebels agree to a ceasefire, but will it really bring an end to the fighting in eastern D R Congo?

And Nigeria’s runner-up presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, leads protest march to the headquarters of the national Electoral Commission.

(Image: M23 soldiers leave a camp base in a truck. Credit: Getty Images).

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Mon 6 Mar 202319:06GMT
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