Will a new deal end war in eastern DR Congo?

Thanks to a peace agreement signed in the US, fighting between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be over.

As M23 seized control of major cities and mining areas, Rwanda has agreed to remove thousands of troops from eastern Congo that were stationed there to support it.

That sparked fears of a regional conflict and was widely accepted as a significant escalation.

Can this agreement succeed where many others have failed?

And does this deal actually involve US interests in Congolese minerals?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

• Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza, a writer and political commentator,
• Zainab Usman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program
• Vava Tampa – Save the Congo’s founder and lead campaigner