Truce believers: Rwanda and Congo’s fragile deal
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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After decades of conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, last week Donald Trump brokered a truce in the Oval Office. Our correspondent analyses the prospects for a lasting reconciliation. Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to spend $14bn on an AI hiring spree at Meta. And is the manosphere dangerous or a moral panic?
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| 1:05.0 | Not so long ago, Mark Zuckerberg took his empire all in on the Metaverse, even renaming the parent company Meta. Now he's similarly enthusiastic about AI, and he seems to be ready to spend really eye-popping sums getting the talent in. |
| 1:14.1 | And our culture correspondent takes a tour of the Manosphere via a new book that's called |
| 1:19.8 | masculinist websites, blogs and online forums, to ask whether the Manosphere is truly dangerous |
| 1:25.7 | or whether in fact it's a moral panic. |
| 1:33.9 | But first... |
| 1:39.3 | So we're here today to celebrate a glorious triumph, and that's what it is, for the cause of peace. |
| 1:49.8 | And this is a long time waiting. |
| 1:52.5 | Donald Trump has promised to be the president who brings an end to a number of long-running conflicts. |
| 1:58.1 | He's still working on Gaza and Ukraine. |
| 2:06.6 | But in recent days, he's overseen a peace deal between two neighboring sides in Africa, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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