Despite a 2002 power-sharing agreement between Congolese parties, serious fighting continues in Eastern Congo, particularly Kivu and Ituri Provinces, where the population is suffering enormously under an almost complete absence of international attention. Unless peace-building processes are crafted specifically for the East and made central to the transitional government’s program, the headlined political agreements and other peace accords that have been brokered will remain never implemented words on paper says a report from the International Crisis Group, which warns against Congolese elections until serious progress is made in the peace process.