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Trump’s DR Congo Peace Deal Falls Apart: The Story Behind a High-Stakes Accord

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When the United States rolled out a June 27, 2025 Washington ceremony to display a breakthrough between both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, it was easy on the ears and broad in scope: Pull back troops. Cut ties with proxy militias. Chill the front lines in the mineral-rich east. Unlock investment and rebuild lives. For a moment, it seemed that DR Congo Peace could be within reach. Now, just four months later, that promise has crumbled in the face of realities on the battlefield and with missing enforcement tools and against the cold calculus of a war driven by minerals, mistrust and regional rivalries. The United States presented itself as guarantor and convener. Kigali and Kinshasa signed. But at ground level, civilians continued to run. The front lines barely shifted. And the headlines about a momentous breakthrough gave way to dispatches that posed the most fundamental question …