They recalled agreements on the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congo.

On Monday, a summit of African leaders in Angola called for a ceasefire in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between the Congolese army and the rebel March 23 Movement (M23).

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Angolan President João Lourenço, the current head of the African Union (AU), led the meeting with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, Togo Prime Minister Faure Gnassingbe, and former Nigerian President Olusengun Obasanjo.

They urged the declaration of a ceasefire with an agreed-upon date and asked Angola to initiate consultations with all Congolese parties to create conditions for inter-Congolese dialogue.

They recalled the decisions of the Washington Agreement of December 4, 2025, and United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2773 and 2808 regarding the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congo and the neutralization of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).

The FDLR, created in 2000 by Rwandan Hutus implicated in the 1994 genocide, operates in eastern DRC seeking to regain political power in Rwanda.

The M23, formed in 2012 by former Tutsi fighters against the FDLR, reignited fighting in 2021 and currently controls parts of eastern Congo. The UN and Western countries accuse Rwanda of supporting the rebel group.

On Feb. 2, Qatar announced that the United Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) would deploy a team to monitor the ceasefire in Uvira, following an agreement reached in Doha and the M23 withdrawal from that city in December.

The rebel advance in Uvira occurred after Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame had signed a peace agreement on December 4 in Washington, with the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump. Since then, DRC and Rwanda have accused each other of violating the agreement.

teleSUR: JP

Source: EFE

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