A peace pact has been signed in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the government and armed groups.
Dissident rebel Gen Laurent Nkunda and pro-government Mai Mai militia finally agreed to sign after long negotiations.
The deal, described as historic by one observer, includes an immediate ceasefire and the deployment of UN peacekeepers in 13 key locations.
It aims to end months of bloody conflict in the east which has driven almost 500,000 people from their homes.
The deal offers an amnesty to Gen Nkunda and his forces but the rebels say its full implementation will be dependent on the disarming of an ethnic Hutu militia.
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