REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

TODAY AT THE YORUBA CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE.

                   Yoruba leaders today warned potentia yoruba delegates that will represent them at the National conference,that during the conference,they should not betray the cause of the race and threatening that if that should happen,the consequence would be grievous.This was reached at the Yoruba constitutional conference held at House of Chiefs house.secretariat,Ibadan.Wale Oshun,the chairman of Afenifere Renewal Group {ARG},warned president Goodluck Jonathan to expunge the idea of no go area in the agenda of the conference.He described the event as a stepping stone to the proposed National conference,stressing that ''our expectation today,is that our joint deliberations will guide and lead us in determining and redefining our stance about the proposed National conference''.The various groups and individuals that spoke at the event all said that those to be sent should not just be anybody,but those that are sound and mentally alert,sincere and genuine Yoruba sons and daughters.

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