Kinshasa launches disarmament push against Rwanda genocide-linked militia
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Congolese Felix Tshisekedi during a ceremony to sign a US-brokered peace deal between DRC and Rwanda at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025.
Congo’s army has announced the start of a disarmament push against a militia linked to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, in what would be a key step towards implementing a US-brokered peace deal with neighbouring Rwanda.
The move to disarm the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) comes two weeks after Congolese and Rwandan officials met in Washington to agree steps to revive the agreement signed last June, and just weeks after the US sanctioned Rwanda's defence forces over their backing of the M23 rebel movement.
