Warring parties agree to extend shaky ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

The United States late Wednesday announced the extension of a humanitarian truce that had reduced fighting in eastern Congo even as violence and human rights abuses continue there, leading to calls for an end to the conflict to allow displaced people to return home.

The latest truce in the decades-long conflict that was to end on Friday has been extended by 15 days until August 3, the U.S. State Department said in a statement that urged…