Analyst warns Doha deal hinges on ‘fundamental concessions’ as DRC, M23 sign new framework

Channel Africa
17 Nov 2025

Senior Research Fellow at SAIIA and Director of Okapi Consulting, Stephanie Wolters, tells Channel Africa that “any credible agreement, must address how, and at what pace, the DRC government can re-establish state authority in territories now held by the rebels”, following a new framework agreement signed in Doha between the DRC and the M23 rebel movement.

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