RDC: l'Angola propose un cessez-le-feu à compter du 18 février
Angola, mediator in the conflict in eastern DRC and still chairing the African Union for a few more days, has proposed a ceasefire to Kinshasa and the anti-government armed group M23, effective February 18. This proposal from Luanda was made public in a statement released overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, February 12.
Last Monday in Luanda, the leaders of the DRC , Angola, Togo (the AU-appointed mediator), and the facilitator, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, agreed to call for a ceasefire. The date still needed to be determined, but Angola has now proposed Wednesday, February 18, at noon.
But this is only a proposal from the Angolan presidency, which, since December, has once again become at the forefront of efforts to resolve the Congolese crisis. This date still needs to be confirmed by all parties. We therefore expect a statement from Kinshasa very soon, as well as one from the armed group AFC/M23.
But beyond these reactions, some questions remain: for example, will this ceasefire fall within the framework of the document signed in Doha on February 2nd? This text, validated by the Congolese government and the rebels, establishes the terms of reference for the verification mechanism of such an initiative under the auspices of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The UN mission in the country is also expected to participate in this mechanism.
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