Rwanda, Congo Sign US-Brokered Peace Agreement in Washington

Officials from Rwanda and Congo signed a peace deal at the U.S. State Department on June 27 in the hopes of bringing a halt to fighting that has killed thousands in the two African nations this year. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio presided over the ceremony, where foreign ministers from both nations signed the U.S.-brokered agreement. The peace agreement is a win for the Trump administration, which has sought to position itself as a peacemaker in the international community. “They were going at it for many years, and with machetes,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters ahead of the signing on Friday....