In a major win that was very unexpected, President Donald Trump is showing why he’s the dealmaker. In a promising step toward regional stability and economic growth, the United States is spearheading an ambitious initiative to bring peace and unprecedented investment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. According to Massad Boulos, Trump’s senior advisor for Africa, the White House is set to host a landmark signing ceremony in approximately two months, where a peace accord and transformative bilateral mineral agreements will be finalized, unlocking billions in Western investment for the mineral-rich region, helping resolve a conflict that has been off and on since the early 1990s.
In a U.S.-brokered deal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agreed to draft a peace plan to end the fighting that has engulfed eastern Congo in…
