Rebels in Congo say the United States has fallen short as a mediator in efforts to end the conflict in the African country's mineral-rich east as the Trump...
FILE - Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Jan. 30, 2025.
According to a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Congolese rebel leader Corneille Nangaa, Washington has failed to pressure Congo’s government over its alleged violations of peace commitments.of Rwanda. Trump has since often cited his success in negotiating the deal.
However, fighting in the region continues, with both rebel and government forces accusing each other of violating peace terms. The letter to Rubio also criticized the U.S. for sanctioning “actors critical of the authorities in power” in Kinshasa, Congo's capital — a reference to“Your administration has neither imposed any sanctions nor issued even a simple warning to the leaders in Kinshasa, whose intransigent and arrogant attitude calls into question the impartiality and neutrality of the American Facilitator/Mediator," the letter said.
"The absence of clearly identifiable corrective measures fuels questions regarding the facilitation’s ability to preserve, over time, the requirements of impartiality and neutrality that are essential to its credibility,” it added.. M23 fighters made a major advance into the region early last year, seizing Goma and other key cities as they quickly expanded their presence.
While U.S. mediation has helped cool regional tension it has not stopped the escalating fighting on the ground, Kristof Titeca, a professor at the University of Antwerp specialized in governance and conflict in Central Africa, told the AP.
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