We should perhaps see in this text the strangeness of the conflict which is tearing apart, once again, the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
On November 23, at a summit of the Great Lakes countries in Luanda, a ceasefire was agreed between the Kinshasa government and the rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23).
It envisages, in addition to a cessation of hostilities, a vast withdrawal of the M23 from the areas it occupies.
Onesphore Sematumba, an analyst for the International Crisis Group welcomes this while being cautious to say the least.
The think tank stresses that the agreement was negotiated in the absence of the M23.
“There is a surreal side to negotiating an agreement without one of the parties”
, underlines a diplomat.
Unsurprisingly, Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesman for the M23 retorted that he did not “
feel concerned”
because
“there was no one (from the M23) at this summit”
.
“
The M23 became aware of this document in social networks”.
The fact remains that on the ground the fighting has stalled, a sign...
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