The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending the fighting in the country's east.

Officials from the two warring parties signed the document, called the Doha Framework for a Comprehensive Peace Agreement, at a ceremony in Qatar also attended by Qatari negotiators and US diplomats.

Doha's chief negotiator, Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, called the agreement "historic", add

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