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    <date>2026-02-24</date>
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    <text>The governor of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, reports the discovery of two mass graves containing at least 172 bodies in Uvira, South Kivu, following the withdrawal of the March 23 Movement (M23) from the city. Rights groups previously reported alleged killings during the M23's presence. </text>
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    <text>The March 23 Movement announces that they will withdraw from Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following a request from the United States. </text>
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      <text>The M23 states that it has captured several hundred Burundian soldiers during its recent offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, including around Uvira. </text>
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    <text>The March 23 Movement states that it has captured several hundred Burundian soldiers during its recent offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, including around Uvira. </text>
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    <date>2025-10-14</date>
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    <text>The Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels sign an agreement in Doha, Qatar, to formally establish an oversight body to work towards a permanent ceasefire, which will include representatives from the two groups and the other members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. </text>
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    <date>2025-07-19</date>
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    <text>The M23 paramilitary group and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement. </text>
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    <date>2025-04-4</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/04/4/the-congolese-media-reports-that-m23-rebels-retreating-from-walikale-have-arrived-in-kibua-in-north-kivu-democratic-rep</slug>
    <text>The Congolese media reports that M23 rebels retreating from Walikale have arrived in Kibua in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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      <text>March 23 Movement spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka claims that the group's withdrawal from Walikale was to goodwill for peace negotiations. </text>
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    <text>M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka claims that the group's withdrawal from Walikale, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was to show goodwill for peace negotiations. </text>
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    <date>2025-02-19</date>
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    <text>Rwanda suspends a humanitarian aid pact with Belgium after Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot criticized Rwanda's military support for the M23 rebel movement in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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      <text>M23 rebel forces, backed by Rwanda, initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern DRC, following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>M23 rebel forces backed by Rwanda initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern DR Congo, following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. </text>
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    <text>Rwandan-backed M23 rebel forces initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. </text>
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      <date>2022-11-23</date>
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      <text>The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and &quot;the immediate withdrawal of the March 23 Movement rebels from the occupied areas.&quot; </text>
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    <text>The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and &quot;the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas&quot;. </text>
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    <name>AFP via ''Al-Ahram</name>
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  <text>The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the March 23 Movement agree to facilitate humanitarian aid delivery and release prisoners within 10 days following talks in Montreux, Switzerland, and sign a memorandum establishing mechanisms to monitor a ceasefire. </text>
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