Civil Society in Goma, DRC, Organises Peace March  

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Conflict in eastern Congo is estimated to have killed 6 million people since the mid-1990s, in the wake of the Rwanda genocide.

Civil society groups in Goma organised a peace march as the province marked three months under rebel rule. The demonstrators, carrying placards calling for peace and chanting slogans for national unity, expressed support for a US-brokered preliminary agreement between Kinshasa and Kigali. Signed in Washington on Friday, the accord is intended to pave the way for de-escalation and a potential deal.

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Conflict in eastern Congo is estimated to have killed 6 million people since the mid-1990s, in the wake of the Rwanda genocide.