A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interest in Congolese resources could help propel the peace process.
The increasingly unstable situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has occupied politicians and diplomats in recent days, both at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa over the weekend and the concurrent Munich Security Conference in Germany.
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi sent his foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, to Munich.
In an exclusive interview with DW, she affirmed her government intends to honor the ceasefire agreement scheduled for February 18: "We must do everything to keep the weapons silent."
Congolese diplomat Therese Kayikwamba Wagner Image: Ronka Oberhammer/DW
Mediation efforts have failed so far
The agreement is
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