Experts expressed hope that the new peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo will help ease the dire humanitarian crisis in the region. More than 6.7 million people are internally displaced across Congo, according to UN figures released late last year.

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.

Washington — President Trump on Friday celebrated the signing of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, marking what the Trump administration hopes will be the end of a deadly conflict that has spanned nearly three decades.