U.S. brokered Congo–Rwanda deal signed amid ongoing clashes in eastern DRC

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for what he called their “courage” in signing a new agreement aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern Congo and opening the region’s critical mineral resources to the United States and American companies.

The signing ceremony, held in Washington, offered Trump another opportunity to cast himself as a global…