Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C); Thérèse Kayikwamba (L), foreign minsiter of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe participate in a Declaration of Principles signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington on April 25, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the 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.
