DR Congo Accuses Rwanda of 'Act of War' After Attack on Jet: DRC
Rwanda has denied any involvement.
Regional leaders brokered an agreement in November under which the Tutsi-led group was meant to withdraw from recently seized positions by January 15 as part of efforts to end a conflict that has displaced at least 450,000 people., a deeply religious Catholic country, from 31 January - a visit seen as a chance to soothe tensions in the east.
Over one million worshippers are expected to turn out for an open-air mass in Kinshasa's Ndolo airport on 1 February. The Pope had been scheduled to arrive in the DRC last July, but the trip was postponed over health concerns. There is speculation that escalating conflict in the east - where the pope is no longer due to visit - prompted a rethink.
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