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A spokesman for the Congolese rebel group M23 says peace talks with the Congolese government have resumed in the Ugandan capital.

Rene Abandi, who heads M23’s delegation to the talks in Kampala, said Monday that both parties had met separately with their Ugandan mediator.

The talks, which started in December under the banner of a regional bloc, had been put on hold after a rift emerged within the ranks of M23 in late February.

M23 is the most prominent of many rebel groups that operate in Congo‘s volatile east. It is made up of hundreds of mostly Tutsi fighters who deserted the Congolese national army after accusing the government of failing to respect the terms of a peace deal reached in 2009.

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A spokesman for the Congolese rebel movement M23 says warlord Bosco Ntaganda ended up at the International Criminal Court because of his “stupidity” in believing he could control the rebel group.

Rene Abandi, who heads a delegation of M23 fighters that has been negotiating peace with the Congolese government, said Thursday that Ntaganda was a schemer whose violent expulsion from eastern Congo left the group feeling more secure but undermined prospects for peace.

Abandi said Ntaganda tried to “influence the chain of command” but went too far when he challenged the M23’s Gen. Sultani Makenga.

Makenga’s side gained the upper hand in clashes earlier this month with a faction loyal to Ntaganda, who then fled to Rwanda and turned himself in at the U.S. Embassy.

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