Tanzania Eyes Trade Potential if DRC-M23 Deal Can Bring Peace to Region

Dar es Salaam — The surrender of the March 23rd Movement (M23) rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which Tanzanian troops helped bring about as part of a United Nations Intervention Brigade, has the potential to usher in peace and economic growth for the entire Great Lakes region.

But the relationship between M23 and the DRC government remains tenuous as the two sides failed to sign a much anticipated peace deal November 11th, after Kinshasa demanded the agreement be revised.

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