{{The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will stop fighting, following days of clashes with UN-backed forces.}}<\/p>\n
M23 official Museveni Sendugo told media its forces had already pulled back 5km (three miles) from the frontline.<\/p>\n
Rebel leader Bertrand Bisimwa said the pull-back would allow an independent investigation into how shells fell over the border in Rwanda on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Congolese army denies Rwandan accusations it fired the shells.<\/p>\n
DR Congo and the UN accuse Rwanda of backing the M23, a charge it denies.<\/p>\n
Their troops have been pounding rebel positions on the Congolese side of the border with Rwanda near the city of Goma since last week.<\/p>\n
As tension escalated on Thursday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Rwanda’s president for restraint.<\/p>\n
Rwanda’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Olivier Nduhungirehe, told media, “a red line was crossed” by DR Congo on Thursday when he said a Rwandan woman was killed in cross-border shelling.<\/p>\n
The M23 rebels, he said, were an “internal problem” within DR Congo, and the Congolese government “should not drag Rwanda” into the dispute.<\/p>\n
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Friday tweeted: “Rwandan troops are not in DRC (yet), when they are, you will know.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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