Talks on attempts to establish peace in eastern Congo-Kinshasa will begin in Angola's capital Luanda in about a week. The parties involved are the Congo-Kinshasa government and the rebel group M23, which receives support from Rwanda.
Angola's presidential office announced on Wednesday that "direct talks will begin on 18 March".
The militia M23 has carried out an offensive in the eastern part of Congo-Kinshasa and has managed to capture several important cities, such as Goma and Bukavu.
The UN has previously stated that around 4,000 soldiers from Rwanda are part of the rebel movement M23. The group took up arms against the government in Kinshasa in 2021 and has since then taken large areas of land in the mineral-rich and war-torn eastern Congo.
