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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A warlord in eastern Congo has agreed to stop fighting government forces in exchange for a government promise not to pursue war crimes charges against him, the army said Wednesday.
Under the deal, renegade warlord Laurent Nkunda would also go into exile and his troops would be integrated into the national army, a process that has already begun, said Col. Delphin Kahindi, a top army commander responsible for east Congo's lawless North Kivu province.
Nkunda, who commands thousands of troops, has been accused of war crimes for years. Once a senior officer, Nkunda quit the army and gained notoriety in 2004 after his forces briefly seized the lakeside city of Bukavu.
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