The East African Community (EAC) regional forces has been marking one month since that start of a ceasefire between the Democratic Republic of Congo army and M23 rebels.
“The ceasefire has significantly enhanced withdrawal of M23 from areas they occupy,” Gen Jeff Nyagah, the Kenyan commander of the regional force, told reporters in the eastern city of Goma.
Rebel spokesman Willy Ngoma told the BBC that M23 fighters were going to areas marked out for the group as part of the peace process by regional leaders.
However, serious concerns remain about whether peace will last in the east of the country.
M23 insists it will not disarm unless the government agrees to direct dialogue, something President Félix Tshisekedi has ruled out.
M23 began regrouping early last year, a decade after disarming as part of peace agreement, and starting capturing territory in North-Kivu province.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians who then fled their homes remain in camps as they fear returning until their security is guaranteed.
Largely made up of Congolese army deserters, the M23 first took up arms in 2009 accusing the government of marginalising the country’s ethnic Tutsi minority and failing to honour previous peace accords.
