The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the AFC/M23 group have signed an agreement to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and release detained prisoners within the next 10 days.

The DR Congo government and the AFC/M23 group announced Sunday they had reached an agreement to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days. The Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 group has seized large swaths of territory in the eastern part of DR Congo since 2021.