In Geneva, diplomats from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have returned to the negotiating table, seeking to untangle a conflict rooted in the unresolved aftermath of the 1994 genocide and sharpened by M23's seizure of Goma in early 2025. The two nations speak past each other in the language of sovereignty and security — Kigali insisting that armed groups near its border justify its military presence in eastern Congo, Kinshasa insisting that no threat can excuse what it regards as foreign occupation. Across parallel diplomatic tracks and a landscape of ongoing displacement, the
Geneva talks test whether DRC-Rwanda can break eastern Congo's cycle of conflict
Civilians in eastern DRC face ongoing displacement, violence, and loss of livelihoods as fighting persists between DRC army and M23 fighters despite ceasefire agreements.