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- Dec 4, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Tshisekedi and Kagame Sign the Washington Accords on Eastern Congo
- President Félix Tshisekedi signed for the DRC and President Paul Kagame for Rwanda at a ceremony hosted by Donald Trump in Washington on 4 December 2025[1]
- The accords reaffirm the DRC-Rwanda peace agreement of 27 June 2025 and the Regional Economic Integration Framework, which the State Department says 'creates opportunities for the U.S. private sector'[1]
- The presidents of Angola, Burundi, Kenya and Togo, Uganda's vice-president and the African Union chairperson attended, alongside Qatari and Emirati ministers[1]
- The US also signed a strategic partnership and an expanded security partnership with the DRC and an economic framework with Rwanda[1]
- The M23 rebels were not a party; they signed a separate framework with Kinshasa in Doha on 15 November, and fighting continued into 2026[2][3]
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- [1]90%state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/signing-of-the-washington-accords-for-peace-and-prosperity-between-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-rwandastate.gov· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Dec 4, 2025 ✓· 33% of score
State Department media note dated 4 December 2025: 'On December 4, President Donald J. Trump hosted the signing of the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity'.
- [2]75%2025 DRC–Rwanda peace agreementen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Records the 27 June 2025 agreement, the 15 November DRC-M23 framework in Doha, the heads-of-state[1] signing at the US Institute of Peace on 4 December 2025, and analysts' criticism that fighting continued.
- [3]72%Timeline of the M23 campaign (2026)en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Shows fighting between M23 and Congolese forces continuing through 2026, Rwanda acknowledging 'security coordination' with M23 in January, and a US-DRC-Rwanda trilateral meeting in Washington on 18 March 2026.[1]
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