GOMA – Congo and Rwanda -backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo, but tensions between the two sides remain.

The agreement, which was signed in Doha after mediation by Qatar , is not yet a final peace deal, but rather a framework outlining the protocols and timeline for future discussions, the head of the M23 delegation, Benjamin Mbonimpa, said in a video posted on X.

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Mbonimpa said the framework agreement includes eight protocols that address the ‘root causes’ of the conflict and that will be discussed in the coming weeks. He did not giver further details.

“There will be neither any change in the situation on the ground nor any activity whatsoever until the protocols are deb

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