UN Security Council tell M23 rebels to withdraw, disarm
Uganda, Nov. 24 -- Members of the United National Security Council (UNSC) have told armed groups, including M23 rebels, in eastern DR Congo to withdraw from captured territory and disarm.
In a November 22 statement, the UNSC said foreign armed groups should disarm and return to their countries of origin.
"The members of the Security Council called on all armed groups to immediately cease all forms of violence and urged all Congolese armed groups to participate unconditionally in the disarmament, demobilisation, community recovery and stabilisation programme, and foreign armed groups to immediately disarm and return to their countries of origin," the UNSC members' statement reads in part.
Since the renewal of fighting in Eastern DR Cong...
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