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Congo-Kinshasa: Call to Implement Peace Agreements in North Kivu | allAfrica

Experts have called on donors and the international community to exert pressure on governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to stop the escalation of violence in the DRC’s North Kivu region by demonstrating the political will to implement peace agreements with rebel groups and each other.

“What is needed in North Kivu is not a new political agreement that none of the parties will respect and will only address the crisis management but a real engagement from all the parties to resolve the conflict. Donors have to put pressure on both Rwanda and DRC to resolve this conflict and respect their engagement, non-interference and security sector reform,” Marc-André Lagrange, Central Africa senior analyst with the International Crisis Group (ICG), told IRIN.

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