Goma, DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo deployed two warplanes against advancing M23 militants on Thursday (Friday in Manila) in the country's volatile east, sources said, after a regional bloc called for rebels to disarm.

Tanks and two fighter jets targeted rebel positions in the town of Kibumba at noon, according to a resident who spoke to Agence France-Presse (AFP) via telephone from the region's main city Goma.

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