M23 rebels announce 'withdrawal' from DR Congo villages

M23 commander Col Sultani Makenga (right)  and his body guards tour Bunagana, a town near the Ugandan border, on July 8, 2012.  PHOTOS | AFP

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The M23 took the "decision to withdraw, once more, from its newly-won positions... to allow for its concerns to be addressed through open and fruitful dialogue with the government" of DR Congo, the group said.