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Breakthrough Ceasefire Agreement: A Hopeful Step Towards Peace in Eastern Congo In a historic move aimed at quelling decades of conflict, representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group signed an immediate ceasefire agreement during a pivotal meeting in Qatar on Saturday. This declaration of principles, meticulously crafted over months of negotiations, marks a significant step towards peace in the mineral-rich eastern region of the DRC. Striving for Peace Amid Persistent Conflict The…

Chad's military transitional government late on Sunday rejected the possibility of negotiating with the rebels, who were blamed for killing the country's president for three decades, raising the specter that armed fighters could push forward with their threats to attack the capital. A spokesman for the rebel group, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, told the Associated Press (AP) that it is now joining forces with other armed groups that oppose President Idriss Deby Itno's son, Mahamat,…

The Libyan government on Saturday welcomed a recent decision by the UN Security Council to deploy international teams to monitor the implementation of a ceasefire agreement signed in October last year in the conflict-torn country. The Interim Government of National Unity (GNU) called on the Council to help get mercenaries out of the oil-rich country, as it approaches the December elections after a decade of fighting and upheaval. The UN Security Council unanimously approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterre's recent…

Libya's rival sides launched a UN-mediated exchange of prisoners, UN and Libyan officials said on Saturday, as part of a preliminary ceasefire agreement between the fighting Libyan groups. The exchange of the first batch of prisoners, overseen by a joint military committee, took place on Friday in the southwestern village of al-Shwayrif, according to the UN support mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Libya is divided between a UN-backed National Accounts Government (GNA) in the capital Tripoli and rival…

Assaults by forces loyal to Putist basic Khalifa Haftar on the Libyan military headquarters within the southern province of Ubari are meant to sabotage the political course of and violate the ceasefire, Libya's high physique of the council stated on Monday. In a written assertion, the Council condemned the assault, saying: "This ceasefire is in actual fact an implementation of overseas plans aimed toward sabotaging the answer to the Libyan disaster by dialogue." The Council stated that this assault…