African Union Pushes Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal as Eastern Fighting Continues

African Union mediators met in Kigali on October 6 to push forward the DRC-Rwanda peace deal signed in Washington in June 2025, covering security, disarmament, refugees, and mineral traceability — tracking minerals to curb conflict funding — as fighting continued in eastern Congo. Facilitators Sahle-Work Zewde, Uhuru Kenyatta and Mokgweetsi Masisi head next to Kinshasa.