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En RDC, les espoirs de paix s’amenuisent
GRANDS LACS La mise en œuvre de l’accord de Washington, entre Kinshasa et Kigali, se heurte à de nombreuses difficultés. Dans le Nord et le Sud-Kivu, les combats ont repris. Les États-Unis sont impuissants et touchent aux limites d’une diplomatie inconséquente.
Un article de Benjamin Köning (L’Humanité), avec les analyses de François Polet (CETRI).
(Photo : Al Jazeera English, Wikimedia, Commons)
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