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A new level of assertiveness by the United Nations has produced a swift and fortuitous victory over the worst of the marauding militias that have terrorized eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent years.

During the recent military escalation in the Kivus, the Congolese army fared far better than in the past, defeating a weakened M23. While the army leadership made an effort to streamline the chain of command and to ensure adequate supplies, army reform will have to be far more deep-rooted.

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The United Nations Security Council today called for the immediate and permanent disarmament and demobilisation of the M23, welcoming the earlier announcement that the rebel group was ending its bloody insurgency against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has helped redeploy 200 Congolese police to areas liberated from the M23 rebel group, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The UN Mission for Stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO) says it will soon launch attacks against other armed groups operating in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) after smashing the M23 rebellion.

The U.N. Security Council is setting its sights on the Rwandan Hutu FDLR militia as the top threat to the Democratic Republic of Congo's government, now that the M23 rebels have been defeated.

On Monday, the peace talks in Kampala seemed to (again) be on the verge of success. The M23 and the Congolese government delegations were on their way to State House, and international envoys said both sides had agreed on the eleven articles of the agreement. At the last minute, however, the deal fell apart––over the simple issue of a title.

Peace efforts between Democratic Republic of Congo and defeated M23 rebels will continue, Uganda's government said Tuesday, a day after the two sides failed to sign a much hoped for agreement.

The chances of forging a political deal to end a bloody insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo seemed increasingly slight Tuesday after the government and rebels failed to sign a peace accord.