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Democratic Republic of Congo Minister of Justice Alexis Thambwe Mwamba signs an accord at the inter diocesan centre in Kinshasa on January 1, 2017 following months of talks brokered by the Roman Catholic Church between the government and opposition. The government and opposition parties in the DR Congo on December 31, 2016, clinched a hard-won deal over President Joseph Kabila's fate, ending a political crisis that sparked months of deadly unrest. Under the terms of the deal, Kabila will stay until the "end of 2017" but a transition council will be established, headed by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi. In addition, a prime minister will be named from the opposition ranks. / AFP / JUNIOR D.KANNAH (Photo credit should read JUNIOR D.KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images)