US EditionCongo, M23 sign framework agreement for peace deal in Qatar
The agreement aims to end violence in eastern DRC, build trust, and monitor ceasefire after months of talks involving the US, Qatar, and African Union mediation.
- On Saturday, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group signed a framework agreement in Doha, Qatar, completing the Doha Framework for a Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
- After swift territorial gains by M23 earlier this year, negotiators intensified efforts in Doha, where Qatar hosted multiple rounds of talks focused on preconditions and confidence-building.
- The July declaration of principles left key issues unresolved, and the October monitoring deal set ceasefire oversight; Mohammed Al-Khulaifi called the agreement `historic` and vowed ongoing mediation.
- The conflict's heavy humanitarian toll—thousands killed and hundreds of thousands displaced—frames the urgency of the deal, which aims to reduce fighting in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo where key captured cities raise regional risk.
- Parallel diplomacy and denials of outside support will shape whether the framework holds, as Rwanda denies aiding M23 despite the June Washington deal and Qatar, United States and African Union mediators pressing talks amid ceasefire violation reports.
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