🇨🇩 DR Congo rebels to hand over captured border town

The M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are withdrawing from the eastern border town of Bunagana and are expected to hand it over to Ugandan peacekeeping troops, the group’s spokesperson has said.

M23 spokesman that they will hand over the town on Friday morning. The town of Bunagana town was once the rebels' headquarters. They recaptured it in last June.

The withdrawal is part of a deal brokered by regional heads of state and army chiefs following meetings held in Angola, Burundi and Kenya.

The rebels are meant to withdraw from all areas of Rutshuru, Masisi and Nyiragongo that it has occupied.

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