Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening to unravel last week’s peace deal with Rwanda, signed in Washington. And what is often a direct conflict between Kinshasa and Kigali now risks drawing in new players and widening the war.
On Tuesday, the UN reported at least 74 deaths as M23 rebels clashed with a joint force of Burundian and Congolese soldiers. More than 200,000 civilians fled into Rwanda, turning Kigali into both a refuge and a flashpoint.
