Congo Government Keen To Sign Peace Deal: Rebels Cool -- Reuters
(Reuters) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday it hoped to sign a peace deal with eastern rebels on March 15, but a rebel leader said more talks were needed.
The proposed agreement is similar to previous attempts at ending the recurrent conflicts in Congo's mineral-rich east, where local politics, ethnic rivalries and tensions with neighboring Rwanda have simmered for nearly two decades.
A year-long rebellion, known as the M23, briefly seized the town of Goma last year in a major embarrassment to both the government and United Nations peacekeepers supporting it.
According to the draft peace plan, seen by Reuters on Monday, M23 fighters will hand in their weapons ahead of a deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in their territory near Congo's border with Rwanda.
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Update: Congo’s M23 Rebels Deny Peace Deal While Infighting Continues -- Bloomberg Businessweek
My Comment: The rebels are clearly not ready to sign.
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