Exclusive: Eastern Congo ceasefire extended for two weeks, US official says

The parties to a ceasefire in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to a two-week extension, according to a senior U.S. official familiar with the developments.
“There has been a two-week extension to the ceasefire in eastern DRC,” according to the Biden administration official, who declined to be named.
Such a deal, which was not previously reported and could not be independently verified with the parties, would come ahead of Democratic Republic of Congo’s Dec. 20 general elections.
Congo and Rwanda’s governments could not immediately be reached after hours through their embassies in Washington.
The White House had previously announced a 72-hour ceasefire, starting on Monday, which they said applied to armed forces and non-state armed groups occupying certain key transit hubs in eastern DRC.
That initial ceasefire expired and was “broadly” adhered to, U.S. officials said. The new ceasefire, which the United States helped facilitate, was expected to apply to roughly the same areas and parties.