US President Donald Trump insists he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for what he describes as his role in ending eight conflicts this year.

"In 10 months, I ended eight wars," Trump said on Tuesday. "We're making peace through strength."

These include a fragile ceasefire in Gaza but an end to Russia's nearly four-year war against Ukraine still eludes him.

AFP examines the US president's mixed record.

- DR Congo and Rwanda -

On December 4, Trump and the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement to end one of the world's longest-running conflicts that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over several decades.

"I think it's going to be a great miracle," Trump said.

But the deal crumbled as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters on Tuesday entered the key easte

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