M23 leader Bertrand Bisiimwa has surrendered to Ugandan security

"Bisii" The Bisiimwa's vehicles enter Uganda. (photo: Goodluck Musinguzi/NewVision Uganda)

Just head this news on BBC World News Radio, and now cross-posting the following report written by Goodluck Musinguzi, published at NewVision, UGANDA that, the rebel leader crossed Uganda in a convoy of two vehicles as UN forces and Congolese forces led by South Africans reached within five kilometres towards his political base.

A Uganda security officer confirmed the development and said Bisiimwa was being questioned by the security operatives at

Bunagana at Uganda-Congo border.

Rebels on Monday abandoned a key military base but vowed to fight on despite four days of a successful army offensive that has stoked tensions with neighbouring Rwanda.

A string of victories by government forces backed by a new U.N. intervention brigade has boosted belief that Congo's army could finally quell a 20-month insurgency which has displaced tens of thousands of people in the mineral-rich area.

The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23-Mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army, is a rebel military group based in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mainly operating in the province of North Kivu

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