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The Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point
200,000 Flee Congo
After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/10/congo-peace-deal-fighting-rwanda-m23-trump-historic-deal/

200,000 Flee Congo After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
Why the Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point.

Two peace deals Trump took credit for appear to unravel at the same time (Tobi Raji/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/11/trump-peace-deals-rwanda-congo-cambodmia-thailand/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p79#a251211p79

"Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands"
#Africa #Wetlands #Environment

Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands
As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the hilly capital of Kigali has embraced nature-based solutions. The city is restoring and reshaping 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff and enhancing biodiversity.

Days after Donald Trump fell asleep during a televised Cabinet meeting,
the president on Thursday again dozed off during a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Trump was visibly closing his eyes as Rwandan President Paul Kagame spoke from the podium at the ceremony inside the U.S. Institute of Peace building,
his hands clasped and his head drooping while he sat at a table to the left.
Trump continue…

Trump, 79, Falls Asleep Again During Peace Agreement Signing
Donald Trump was bragging about this Rwanda-DRC peace agreement minutes before he began to doze off.

Two sides of the same presidency played out simultaneously along the National Mall on Thursday afternoon.
At one end, Donald Trump was telling the world to give peace a chance at a meeting with African leaders.
It was possible, he said, “to begin healing old wounds and transcending past differences and creating a future where every child of God can live in dignity, prosperity and peace.”
At the other end of the mall, top officials from his Defense Department were being grill…

Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance
President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.

In this 3 min video Tucker Carlson totally forgets that genocide is not something you speak of lightly...
Ahmed Eldin on substack (@ahmedeldin):
""Why call it genocide?" - Tucker Carlson
“Tucker, with all due respect — genocide isn’t a loaded term. It’s a crime.” - Francesca Albanese
Then she walks him thru Namibia, Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia — and Gaza. A full-on masterclass he did NOT expect. "
#genocide #TuckerCarlson #FrancescaAlbanese

News flash: There’s lots of really good new music out there! Here’s some of it: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/10/15/Current-Music
Featuring: Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana), New Eves (UK), The Good Ones (Rwanda), Alfa Mist (UK), Sona Jobarteh (UK/Gambia)…

Donald Trump has taken over the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C.,
and put his name on it,
even as the legal battle over who owns the building is ongoing.
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas posted about the visible signage on the building Wednesday showing “DONALD J. TRUMP” in block letters tacked to the building.
Kabas reports that Trump plans to use the building to host the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic…

Trump Plasters His Own Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters
This is not Donald Trump’s building, but he’s certainly acting like it is.