DRC M23 Rebels Given 48 Hours by The UN to Disarm

Monusco, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gave rebel forces an ultimatum, on Tuesday.

The M23 rebels have been given forty-eight hours to disarm or face the full might of the Monusco Intervention Brigade.

Just over three thousand UN troops make up the heavily armed brigade.

Not just the rebels are required to disarm.

All citizens in and near the city of Goma must turn in all firearms by 20:00 GMT, on Thursday.

Anyone caught after that time with a gun will be considered a rebel, and a hostile.