Fighting flares in DR Congo within hours of Trump’s peace deal ceremony
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group and government forces have traded blame for the renewed fighting.
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![US President Donald Trump (C) hosts the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (L) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20251204__876B4DQ__v1__HighRes__UsRwandaDrcDiplomacyTrump_cropped-1764876353.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![Members of the M23 rebel group mount their vehicles after the opening ceremony of Caisse Generale d'epargne du Congo in Goma, North Kivu province in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 7, 2025. [File: Arlette Bashizi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters_6853e4dd-1750328541.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
