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The M23 equipped radical said Tuesday (December 16, 2025) it had agreed to a petition from the United States to retreat from the cardinal metropolis of Uvira successful the eastbound Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Rwanda-backed militia seized the strategical metropolis adjacent the borderline with Burundi past week, days aft the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a bid woody successful Washington — whose aboriginal has been formed successful uncertainty by the M23 advance, raising fears of a wider determination war.
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The radical "will unilaterally retreat its forces from the metropolis of Uvira, arsenic requested by the U.S. mediators", it said successful a connection signed by its coordinator, Corneil Nangaa.
The M23 called for "adequate measures" to beryllium enactment successful spot to negociate the city, including "demilitarisation, protecting its colonisation and infrastructure, and monitoring the ceasefire with a neutral force".
It called for implementation of a model ceasefire woody reached successful a parallel bid process negotiated successful the Qatari superior Doha, which was agreed successful November but ne'er respected connected the ground.
The M23 said it was withdrawing arsenic a motion "to instil spot successful bid to springiness the Doha bid process each accidental to succeed".
The DRC's mineral-rich eastbound has been ravaged by 3 decades of conflict.
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