More than a year after signing a peace agreement, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have returned to Geneva, where diplomats negotiate while soldiers continue to fight across eastern Congo. M23's capture of Goma in January 2025 reshaped the terrain these talks must now address, and the core tensions — over the FDLR armed group, Rwandan military presence, and the competing claims of security and sovereignty — remain unresolved. What hangs in the balance is not merely a diplomatic outcome but the daily lives of civilians who have endured displacement, loss, and recurring violence a
Geneva talks test whether DRC and Rwanda can break cycle of eastern Congo conflict
Civilians in eastern DRC experience ongoing displacement, violence, loss of land and livelihoods; Goma residents have endured repeated cycles of fighting since M23's January 2025 capture of the city.