Congo warns of armed ex-M23 rebels crossing border
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Congo's government says 250 armed members of a former rebel group have crossed from Uganda into Congo.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende said Sunday the government was surprised by the incursion of two columns of the ex-M23 rebels entered Congo's North Kivu province.
North Kivu governor Julien Paluku warned that the former M23 members carried guns and ammunition and could attack.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}M23 operated in eastern Congo from 2012 until it was repulsed by U.N. forces and Congo's army. Many rebels fled to Rwanda and Uganda before a 2013 peace agreement.
Uganda and Congo agreed last year to share intelligence to combat rebel groups active along the countries' border.
Eastern Congo has been plagued by a myriad of armed rebels since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.