First deportees from US arrive in Congo capital, sources say

The deportation agreement coincides with the Trump ⁠administration's efforts to implement a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending fighting with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

It also follows the signing of a strategic partnership granting the ⁠United States preferential access to Congo's critical minerals.