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Congolese security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour cease-fire to de-escalate tensions in the country’s hard-hit east near the border with Rwanda, the White House announced just days before Congo’s presidential election. But some of the region’s many rebel groups quickly distanced themselves, and neither government commented. The agreement was backed by…

The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour cease-fire to de-escalate tensions in the country’s east near the border with Rwanda.

After initial successes in eastern DRC, the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade – which has a mandate to hunt down and ‘neutralise’ rebels – has lately become better known for running local brothels.

On Friday, the European Union imposed targeted financial and travel sanctions against seven people from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Rwanda, and one from Tanzania for “acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses” in eastern Congo.

Click to expand Image Men stand by a mass grave where five men and boys were allegedly executed by the M23 armed group in November 2022 in Kishishe, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, April 5, 2023. 2023 Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images On Friday, the European Union imposed targeted financial and travel sanctions against seven people from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Rwanda, and one from Tanzania for "acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses" in eastern Congo. Most newly sanctioned individuals are leaders or senior commanders of known abusiv...