Overview

• President Trump said he brokered the agreement with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and announced on Truth Social that representatives will formalize it next week in Washington.
• The pact aims to resolve long-standing border disputes, curb cross-border military activity and regulate resource exploitation that have fueled decades of violence in the Great Lakes region.
• Key rebel group the March 23 Movement is not a signatory, prompting warnings from analysts that its exclusion could undermine efforts to end hostilities.
• Observers from Signal Risk and civil society leaders have voiced concerns over transparency and allegations that Rwanda used M23 as a cover to pilfer minerals from the DRC.
• US officials view the treaty as a gateway to increased American investment in the DRC’s deposits of coltan, cobalt, lithium, copper and gold.