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Donald Trump to host leaders of Rwanda, Congo on Thursday | World News

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo)

US President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.

The meeting is expected to build on a US-brokered peace deal reached in June and signed the two countries’ foreign miners, and an economic framework agreed on in November.

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group staged a lightning advance in eastern Congo this year, seizing the region’s two largest cities and raising fears of a wider war.

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