Kinshasha last month suspended broadcasts by Radio France Internationale for developing what Information Minister Lambert Mende called a "systematic campaign to demoralize the armed forces."

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Information Minister Lambert Mende told Reuters that the fighters had been "driven out and suffered heavy losses".

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"We know very well that these men have links to M23, " said Lambert Mende, a DRC government spokesman.

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Government spokesman Lambert Mende said the government did not have much confidence in the rebel ceasefire, Reuters news agency reports.

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