US Seeks a Peace Deal in Rwanda-Congo Conflict by July
An M23 soldier watches over a group of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo fighters in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 10.
Photographer: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesThe US wants Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to sign a peace deal by July, according to a top State Department official for Africa.
Technical teams from both countries will be in Washington next week to discuss ending a conflict between the two nations that has left more than a million people displaced, thousands dead and a large swath of mineral-rich eastern Congo under Rwanda-backed rebel control.