00:00A new round of talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
00:06is underway in Doha. The two parties are looking to reach agreement on how to implement a Qatari
00:12brokered truce they signed last month. Despite that deal and an earlier one inked between
00:18Kinshasa and Kingali in Washington, fighting has continued in the DRC's north and south
00:25Kivu provinces. This latest round of talks will focus on a draft proposal put forward
00:30by Qatar for a three-phase peace process. Qatar's foreign ministry said it involves plans to
00:36create a mechanism for monitoring the truce as well as an exchange of prisoners. But
00:42Belgium's foreign minister told reporters on Tuesday that the DRC's President Felix Chisakedi
00:48had already expressed his dissatisfaction with the text. The M23 rebel group is the most prominent
00:55armed group in the years-long conflict. With seven million people displaced in Congo,
01:01the United Nations has called it one of the most serious humanitarian crises on earth.
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