{"id":55476,"date":"2025-09-03T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/doha-talks-ongoing-between-drc-and-m23-on-fragile-peace-framework\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:32:35","slug":"doha-talks-ongoing-between-drc-and-m23-on-fragile-peace-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/doha-talks-ongoing-between-drc-and-m23-on-fragile-peace-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Doha talks ongoing between DRC and M23 on fragile peace framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The delegations arrived in mid-August 2025 amid continued accusations from both sides of failing to respect the agreement, particularly on enforcing a permanent ceasefire and releasing prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Freddy Kaniki Rukema, deputy coordinator of AFC\/M23 in charge of Economy and Finance, confirmed on 22 August that \u201ctwo representatives travelled to Doha with a mandate to address prisoner release and the cessation of hostilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On 2 September, DRC\u2019s Minister of Internal Security, Jacquemain Shabani, who heads the government delegation, said discussions remain active: \u201cThe process is ongoing. The government\u2019s team is still in Doha and works daily with Qatar as mediator. Talks covered declaration of principles, starting with confidence-building measures, including the release of prisoners.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He noted that dialogue on prisoner releases had concluded and attention had shifted to the ceasefire, though he did not confirm whether consensus had been reached on the first issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations are now focused on the principle of halting hostilities, and discussions continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On September 1, AFC\/M23 accused the DRC government of failing to release around 700 detainees, including its members and suspected supporters, while also alleging continued military provocations. <\/p>\n<p>The group claimed President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi is unwilling to pursue peace, warning it would respond firmly if government forces persist in targeting civilians or its positions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-93756\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/doha.jpg\" alt=\"The delegations arrived in mid-August 2025 amid continued accusations from both sides of failing to respect the agreement, particularly on enforcing a permanent ceasefire and releasing prisoners.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegates from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the AFC\/M23 rebel coalition remain in Doha, Qatar, for negotiations on implementing the Declaration of Principles paving the way for potential peace accord.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000093753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000093753,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/doha.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000093753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55476"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55476"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}