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​U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on June 27, 2025.
Analysis

Mining for peace: can a US-brokered deal end the conflict in the DRC?

On June 27, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a US-mediated peace accord in Washington, D.C., to end decades of violence in the DRC’s resource-rich Great Lakes region. The agreement commits both nations to cease hostilities, withdraw troops, and to end support for armed groups operating in eastern Congo within 90 days.

​Rwanda's incumbent President and presidential candidate for the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) Paul Kagame waves to his supporters as he arrives for his final campaign rally in Gahanga, Kicukiro district in Kigali, Rwanda, July 13, 2024.
What We're Watching

Rwanda votes: Kagame looks set to secure fourth term

President Paul Kagame – who won with a suspicious 98.8% of the vote in 2017 – looks set to secure a fourth term.

What We’re Watching: Russian progress in Ukraine, gun ban plans in Canada, DRC-Rwanda tensions
US & Canada

What We’re Watching: Russian progress in Ukraine, gun ban plans in Canada, DRC-Rwanda tensions

Ukraine war (maybe) shifting in Russia's favor, Canada’s Trudeau goes after guns, tensions rising between DRC and Rwanda

Rwanda: The good, the bad, and the ugly
News

Rwanda: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has pioneered reforms that have helped stabilize the country (and its economy) after one of the bloodiest conflicts. But have his oppressive tactics made it hard for Rwanda's post-genocide society to fully heal?








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