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The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss continuing clashes between government forces and M23 rebels in eastern DRC, tensions with Rwanda, ceasefire monitoring and the country’s Ebola outbreak.
UN envoy Huang Xia told the Security Council that diplomatic efforts led by the United States and Qatar had created an opportunity for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite worsening security and humanitarian conditions.
Former DRC president Joseph Kabila launched the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, replacing the AFC-M23 alliance and challenging President Félix Tshisekedi. The FRN says it will honor AFC commitments from the Doha negotiations while maintaining an armed challenge.
Joseph Kabila's age at the time of the report was 55 years.