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Dec 24, 2025
Doha [Qatar], December 24: When Qatar helped secure a peace deal to end ongoing conflict between the M23 rebel group and Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) government last month, there was hope among many Congolese that a permanent ceasefire would soon emerge to end the fighting that has uprooted close to a million people in the country's troubled east, and give war-racked communities some respite as the new year rolls in.
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