Congo peace deal plays into Trump’s push for business in Africa
US President Donald Trump (C)| with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame pose after signing a peace accord at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025.
The United States is banking on the Washington Peace Accords, designed to end conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to underpin a new Africa policy that shifts away from aid dependency towards business-driven engagement.
President Donald Trump, who declared on Thursday that “everybody will make money” in peaceful Congo, followed up with the release of a new US National Security Strategy. The document seeks to minimise aid, elevate commerce in relations with Africa, and tighten immigration rules.
