Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame is the President of Rwanda. He is newsworthy due to his involvement in recent peace negotiations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), facilitated by the United States under President Donald Trump. These negotiations aimed to end the long-running conflict in eastern DRC. Kagame recently attended a signing ceremony in Washington, D.C., with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and then-President Trump, where a peace deal was finalized. However, the deal's effectiveness is now being questioned as fighting has escalated in eastern DRC, with M23 rebels seizing a key city. The US ambassador to the UN has accused Rwanda of escalating the conflict. Kagame has praised Trump's approach to diplomacy, emphasizing transactional deals over democracy and human rights, and has stated he has 'never seen this much attention' to ending the conflict.