Nobel winner Mukwege warns of predatory US deal for DR Congo

A US-brokered peace deal in the DR Congo is more focused on plundering the country’s resources than offering security, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege has told AFP.

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been riven by decades of conflict with multiple armed groups fighting over its mineral-rich territory, including the Rwanda-backed M23 that seized swathes of the region last year.

Washington brokered a…