{"id":6781,"date":"2025-10-20T23:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2025-10-20T23:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:15:55","slug":"congo-kinshasa-ceasefire-tops-the-agenda-as-kinshasa-afc-m23-resume-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2025\/10\/20\/congo-kinshasa-ceasefire-tops-the-agenda-as-kinshasa-afc-m23-resume-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo-Kinshasa: Ceasefire Tops the Agenda As Kinshasa, AFC\/M23 Resume Peace Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Link to article: https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202510140044.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently peace talks between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and a rebel group operating in the Eastern part of the country called M23 have resumed in Doha, Qatar. The main goal of these talks is to initiate a ceasefire and prisoners of each side. Even though these peace talks have started, rebels claim that the DRC continues to fight with the help of Burundian troops, mercenaries, and a Rwandan genocidal group called the FDLR. Recent statements have been released from a M23 spokesperson stating that the group won \u00b4 t engage in talks if the DRC continues to fail to hold up agreements. While these talks are happening there is also been a dialogue between Rwanda and the DR over a peace agreement signed in late June, which is being called into question. Rwanda is worried about border security between the 2 countries with the continued action of the FDLR, known as perpetrators of the 1994 genocide. This support of the FDLR from the DRC is the main cause for security issues involving M23 and Rwanda, preventing lasting peace in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this conflict is likely to continue, despite peace talks, due to the instability of the FDLR and the DRCs inability to stop supporting this extremist group. The number of opposing driving factors of each side to compromise will inevitably lead to the continuation of this conflict. This event is essentially the continuation of the fight between the players of the Rwandan genocide, with its historical context leading to the increased frustration of both sides as it just feels like a never ending conflict. This is more broadly a power struggle for the region. M23s response of discontent with the DRCs actions makes complete sense in this context, and if the DRC were to just drop the FDLR this situation would be a lot easier. Rwanda just wants to have more stable borders without threats to security, so their best response is to put pressure on the DRC to change. The DRCs best course of action from their perspective would be to continue to push their interest in the region and push for power; if the cost of that is lives, so be it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This peace treaty in name alone would appear to be an action of reciprocity, but in reality it is a cover up for a more harsh realist environment. All of the involved actors in this conflict have their own interests for their state\/group and are unwilling to back down to improve security. The DRC would like to be a regional hegemon and leading power to maintain security, much like what is outlined in offensive realism. Meanwhile, M23 and Rwanda tend to follow a more defensive approach, looking for just enough security to maintain what they have without continued conflict. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to article: https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202510140044.html Recently peace talks between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and a rebel group operating in the Eastern part of the country called M23 have resumed in Doha, Qatar. The main goal of these talks is to initiate a ceasefire and prisoners of each side. Even though these peace talks have started, rebels claim that the… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6784,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6781\/revisions\/6784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}