Angola’s parliament has approved a year-long deployment of up to 500 soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a ceasefire Luanda brokered between M23 rebels and government troops foundered. Deployment was approved on Friday by 178 lawmakers present in the 220-member parliament.

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