A Congolese Army soldier waves at a MONU

A Congolese Army soldier waves at a MONUC, the UN mission, convoy near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Kibati in the North Kivu region. Congolese rebels and Kinshasa government officials met for a third day of talks in Nairobi on December 10 amid hopes of reaching agreement on a framework for substantive talks. Fighting since August 28 between government troops and the CNDP, led by renegade general Laurent Nkunda, has displaced more than 250,000 people in eastern Nord-Kivu province. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)