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Peace efforts between Democratic Republic of Congo and defeated M23 rebels will continue, Uganda's government said Tuesday, a day after the two sides failed to sign a much hoped for agreement.

The chances of forging a political deal to end a bloody insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo seemed increasingly slight Tuesday after the government and rebels failed to sign a peace accord.

A ceremony to formally end Congo's bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed on Monday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and M23 rebels over whether the document should be entitled a peace agreement or a vaguer declaration.

An expected peace deal between Congo's government and M23 rebels was postponed after Congolese officials asked for more time to study the document, a Ugandan government spokesman said Monday, the day Western diplomats and Ugandan officials believed a final accord would be signed after nearly a year of negotiations.

Congo and defeated M23 rebels are to sign a peace deal on Monday aimed at ending the country's most serious conflict in a decade, though other militias still roam and stability remains a distant prospect.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and defeated M23 rebels Monday failed to sign a peace deal hoped to be a key step in stabilising the conflict-prone east after Kinshasa demanded the agreement be revised.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and defeated M23 rebels are set to sign a peace deal on Monday in what diplomats hope will be a key step in efforts to end decades of war in the Great Lakes region.

The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday urged a political settlement to the crisis in the country through ongoing peace talks, two days after the M23 rebel group announced an end to its insurgency.

Uganda is holding the military commander of Congo's defeated M23 rebel movement after he surrendered, a Ugandan officer said on Thursday, as relief at the end of his rebellion was tempered by concerns about other armed groups.

Having helped rout one powerful rebel group in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations peacekeepers are expected to turn their attention to subduing another, diplomats said Wednesday, as the Security Council prepared to draft a statement on the next steps in that vast, mineral-rich country.