The official signing of the peace agreement took place earlier Friday at the State Department and was witnessed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senior Adviser for Africa Massad Boulos, whom Trump has largely credited with bringing about the deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump has explained how his administration already reaping benefits from the signed DRC-Rwanda peace agreement. While addressing a press conference on Friday, June 27, 2025, President Trump revealed that the United States is “getting a lot of the mineral rights from the Congo” as part of the peace deal signed on Friday,

It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?