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DR Congo, M23 armed group agree to ease aid, free prisoners

By AFP | Apr. 19, 2026
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M23 leader Corneille Nangaa holds a press conference at a hotel in Goma as clashes continued in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on January 30, 2025. [AFP]

The DR Congo government and the M23 group agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, according to a joint statement Sunday following talks in Switzerland.

Since 2021, the M23, backed by Rwanda, has seized territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region ravaged by more than 30 years of conflict.

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