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DR Congo and Rwanda to sign peace agreement on June 27

Members of the M23 rebel group mount their vehicles in Goma, North Kivu province in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 7, 2025 [File: Arlette Bashizi/Reuters]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have initialed the text of an agreement aimed at stopping the conflict in eastern DRC, according to a joint statement from the two countries and the United States Department of State.

The development late on Wednesday in Washington, DC, came after “three days of constructive dialogue regarding political, security, and economic interests”, the statement said.

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