US-Brokered Deal Aims to Ease Tensions Between Rwanda and DRC
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A new agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seeks to reduce tensions in eastern DRC. The United States, under President Donald Trump, helped to negotiate the deal.
President Trump has called the agreement a major peace achievement. However, violence continues in eastern DRC, a region long affected by conflict.
The deal raises a key question: can it create real change and lasting peace? The agreement's signing occurs despite ongoing fighting between armed groups and the DRC's military.
FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley examines the situation.