The Congolese government has signed a deal with an armed group to restore peace and security in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after decades of violence, UN officials said.
The armed group is a holdover from the communal conflict that ravaged the province between 1999 and 2003, leaving tens of thousands dead until the intervention of a French-led European force called Artemis.
"For we women, this agreement is synonymous with hope," Gety resident Anualite Zawadi said, according to MONUSCO. Another militia leader, Cobra Matata, was arrested and transferred to Kinshasa in January 2015, but his trial has never started.
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