Thorny issues risk jeopardising the US-brokered peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda, but can regional economic integration offer solace?
19 février 2026On the 4th of December 2025, Presidents Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame symbolically signed the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity, thus ratifying the Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda agreed to on the 27th of June 2025. The 4th of December was a busy day in Washington in terms of signing agreements, as the governments of DRC and Rwanda
L’émergence des Wazalendo dans la lutte contre l’AFC / M23 au Nord-Kivu: État des lieux, défis et perspectives
5 février 2026Le 27 janvier 2025, l’Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) – soutenue par le Rwanda – a pris le contrôle de Goma, capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), avant de progresser vers Bukavu, capitale du Sud-Kivu, tombée en février 2025. La réémergence du M23 en 2021 et sa progression rapide ont conduit le gouvernement congolais à faire appel à de
Promoting DDR programmes while arming non-state armed groups: Congo’s paradoxical conflict resolution policies in the context of the M23 insurgency
11 février 2025When President Félix Tshisekedi came to power in 2019, he firmly promised the Congolese citizens to end the conflicts and restore peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To reach these goals, his government wanted to combine regional diplomacy to establish political and security cooperation between DRC and neighbouring countries, with enhanced military operations against armed groups
