DRC/Rwanda: Behind the Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal: History, Minerals, and Power [Video]

Jul 11, 2025 | Ahmed Ghoneim
CGTN America
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A historic US-brokered peace deal has been signed for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.  But beneath the handshakes, photo ops, and headlines lies a deeper story, one shaped by a painful history, a greed for minerals, and hegemonic power.  From a colonial genocide, to the rise of the pan-African revolutionary hero Patrice Lumumba, to his Western-sponsored assassination, to decades of instability and yet another genocide, to the global capitalist interests shaping the DRC's future, this explainer unpacks what the cameras don’t show. Ahmed Ghoneim has the report from Washington, DC.