Congo-Rwanda Peace Threated as Fighting Persists, UNSC Warns
A Rwandan National Police officer watches M23 rebel troops arrive at the Rusizi border post joining Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Feb. 16.
Photographer: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty ImagesSecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is deteriorating amid numerous conflicts, including clashes between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congo’s army, United Nations and UN Security Council members warned Friday.
The violence persists despite a US-backed peace agreement between Rwanda and Congo signed in June and ongoing talks between the M23 and Congo in Qatar, council members said in an emergency meeting called by the US.