Overview
- The White House said Presidents Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi will sign a U.S.-brokered peace and economic agreement on Thursday.
- Congo’s army and the M23-led rebel alliance traded accusations on Tuesday of ceasefire violations in South Kivu, each alleging attempts to sabotage the talks.
- June talks produced a preliminary pact and November negotiations in Doha yielded protocols on ceasefire monitoring and prisoner exchanges, but timelines, humanitarian access and other measures remain unresolved.
- Kinshasa insists any accord must safeguard the DRC’s territorial integrity and exclude integrating M23 fighters into state forces, while Rwanda denies backing M23.
- UN experts have linked M23 to Rwanda and the OHCHR reported at least 319 civilians killed in July in North Kivu, as M23’s 2025 gains included seizing the region’s two largest cities.