Kinshasa, M23 sign ‘declaration,’ but will it herald peace in volatile DRC?
M23 rebels withdraw through the hills having left their position in the village of Karuba. The group and the government have signed a declaration to end animosities. AFP
Kinshasa and the leadership of the M23 rebel movement may have finally signed what was touted as a peace deal in Nairobi, but questions remain as to whether its provisions will hold.
Besides the looseness in the wording of the so-called Joint ICGLR-SADC Final Communiqué on the Kampala Dialogue, there is still deep-seated mistrust between the two protagonists.
