Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other's sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May. The deal was signed by the two countries' foreign ministers in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also present at Friday's ceremony.

DR Congo and Rwanda agreed at a US-brokered ceremony in Washington to draft a peace deal by Friday, as part of diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in eastern Congo between Kinshasa and Kigali-backed rebels.