Friday, June 20, 2025

Rwanda and DR Congo agree on draft peace deal to end conflict

Good news! Blessed are the peacemakers!

"Officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have reached a draft agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.

The breakthrough, mediated by the US and Qatar, provides for the "disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration" of armed groups fighting in eastern DR Congo. ...

The deal could open the way for billions of dollars of western investment in the mineral-rich region, which been plagued by conflict for three decades. ...

The US State Department said technical teams had initialled the draft text on Wednesday, ahead of a formal signing ceremony next Friday to be witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. ..."

Rwanda and DR Congo agree draft peace deal to end conflict

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