DRC peace lie: What attracts Washington, Doha and other powers is strategic minerals, not tears of displaced families

DRC peace lie: What attracts Washington, Doha and other powers is strategic minerals, not tears of displaced families

The Washington deal committed DRC’s army to neutralise the FDLR – which is referenced far more in the deal than the M23 – and Rwanda to end what the text terms “defensive measures”, a euphemism Kigali uses for its deployments.

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