Overview

• The signing is scheduled for June 27 in Washington under US and Qatari facilitation.
• The draft calls for respect for DRC sovereignty and forbids armed clashes in North and South Kivu.
• Non-state armed groups must pull back forces, hand over weapons and undergo conditional integration with the national army.
• The M23 rebels, backed by about 4,000 Rwandan troops, captured Goma and Bukavu since January 2025.
• The year-long conflict has uprooted more than seven million civilians and left thousands dead, driven by competition over coltan, gold and tin.