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- Congo authorities released 15 prisoners to AFC/M23 rebels on August 7 2026, the first detainee transfer under the September 2025 Doha agreement.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinated the move, taking detainees from Beni on August 6 and handing them over in Rutshuru on August 7.
- All 15 detainees consented to the transfer, the ICRC said.
- Stephanie Eller, head of ICRC operations in Kinshasa, said the transfer could comfort families long-separated.
