BENI, Congo (AP) — Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the territory it held, the group’s first withdrawal since it began seizing swaths of land more than a year ago.

The M23 vowed to continue their offensive, even though the international community including the UN Security Council have asked that the group withdraws from the occupied territory. In the DRC ...

The Congolese government has backtracked on a move to tax goods coming from areas controlled by the M23 rebel group ... s efforts to recover territories occupied by the enemy.” ...

M23 rebels retreated from a village in eastern Congo Friday in the group's first withdrawal from an occupied village since it seized swaths of land months ago. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ...