The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has declared an end to its 20-month rebellion, saying it is ready to disarm and demobilise troops and pursue a political solution to end the crisis in the east of the country.<br />The M23 declaration was issued hours after government forces drove the rebel fighters out of their last two strongholds at around 3am local time (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday.<br />African leaders had urged the group to renounce their rebellion to allow the signing of a peace agreement with DRC President Joseph Kabila's government.
