The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed a peace agreement which aims to end the conflict in the mineral-rich eastern DRC. The deal, brokered by the US, is to be signed by the two countries on June 27. So what’s in the deal and is it likely to hold? | BBC News Africa

In eastern Congo, the recent fall of Goma to M23 rebels has plunged the region into deeper turmoil, worsening what was already one of the world’s largest displacement crises. But for hundreds of women raising children fathered—and then abandoned—by UN peacekeepers, the collapse of security has made survival even harder. The BBC’s Ian Wafula first met some of these women before Goma fell. Now, amid renewed conflict, their lives have grown even more precarious. | BBC News Africa