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A Year On, the US-Brokered Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal Is Faltering
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Summary
- The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a US- and Qatar-mediated peace agreement in Washington in June 2025, overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- It called for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC, for Congo to stop backing the FDLR militia, and for a US-linked critical-minerals trade framework.
- A year later, Rwandan forces haven't fully withdrawn, the FDLR hasn't disbanded, fighting persists, and the main rebel group, M23, wasn't even a party to the deal.
The question
Lasting peace in eastern Congo requires including M23 and enforcing troop withdrawals.
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