by Admin
Nov 26, 2024
A truce has been reached between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda with the help of the Angola negotiators to quell the disturbing conflict in the Eastern Republic of Congo with the Rwanda M23 militia causing uneasiness in the region with hundreds of Congolese dead and thousands more displaced.
A key document was signed to agree on a peace deal on Monday in Angola between the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Republic of Congo who assembled in Luanda with their envoys. The key document was in the presence of Tete Antonio the Angola foreign minister, who later disclosed to the journalists present that a pact had been reached between the two countries.
In early August, Angola brokered a ceasefire between the two countries but was violated by the M23 militia in October, the group that is heavily backed by the Rwanda government and is made up of the Tutsi ethnic group of Rwanda descent went on a violent spree that forced hundreds to leave their homes.
A grueling conflict between the Republic of Congo forces and the M23 terrorist group has displaced thousands since 2021 despite the conflict and violation of the ceasefire agreement by M23 militias the Rwanda government never backed out of the diplomatic dialogue due to the consistent pressure from Angola government in a bid to stabilize the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo.
However, the new agreement does not reveal the details of the agreement between Rwanda and the Republic of Congo, the Angolan government mediators revealed that the details of the peace agreement are a bid to keep confidentiality to avoid criticism and manipulation of the public against their respective governments.
In the previously drafted agreement made in early August, it was agreed upon that the M23 group created by the former ethnic Hutu leaders in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide should be dismantled as a precondition for the withdrawal of Rwandan forces from the borders of Eastern Congo.
Often portrayed by Rwanda as a threat to its security, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) is one of various disparate militias fighting alongside the Congolese armed forces against the M23.
For the past three decades, the DRC’s mineral-rich east has been plagued by internal and cross-border violence.