The Missing Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

President Donald Trump meets with Congolese Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (R) and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (L), June 27, 2025. Photo credit: Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.

The Great Lakes region that encompasses Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is among Africa’s most beautiful regions. Cloud-covered volcanos, terraced fields, lush jungles, and lakes dot the landscape. It is also among the most violent.  The June 2025 peace agreement signed at the White House between two of the region’s countries (Rwanda […]