Fighting among rebels claims 10

yesterday.
The provincial hospital said 10 bodies were counted after the clashes on Sunday night, while two injured men were taken in for medical treatment.

The fighting broke out because of differences within the ranks of the March 23 Movement (M23) over the stance the rebels should take regarding a peace deal that was signed on Sunday by regional leaders in Addis Ababa, according to a Western military source. The goal of the accord was to bring peace to war-torn eastern DRC.

Supporters of General Sultani Makenga, the military chief of M23, reportedly battled those of Jean-Marie Runiga, the movement’s political leader.

Runiga had earlier announced plans to resume fighting against the DRC’ army because peace talks in the Ugandan capital Kampala between the rebels and the Kinshasa government were getting nowhere.
Makenga was believed to oppose a resumption of conflict. — AFP.