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A Congolese returnee and her child pose for a photograph during a visit by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (unseen) to a displacement camp in Sake, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 29, 2025. The head of the UN's refugee agency said on August 26, 2025 the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to repatriate refugees uprooted by conflict in eastern DRC.The declaration, by UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi in Kinshasa, came as tensions persist between DRC and Rwanda, despite a US-brokered peace deal they signed in June.DRC is currently holding peace talks also with the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, which has seized swathes of eastern DRC. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) (Photo by JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images)