04/12/2025
African leaders hail US-led DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal as chance for lasting peace
- Kenyan President William Ruto asks President Trump in his lsquo;quest for global peace, to (also) support efforts to resolve the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudanrsquo; African leaders have welcomed the US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, calling it an opportunity to end decades of conflict in the Great Lakes region. The leaders of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday signed a ldquo;historicrdquo; US-brokered peace and economic agreement aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo, where a years-long M23 rebel offensive has destabilized the region. Praising President Trumprsquo;s peace efforts, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Trump ldquo;saw the...
