Summit of regional leaders makes little progress in resolving DRC conflict

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The much-anticipated joint summit between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC), which ended on Saturday, failed to agree on concrete measures to address the warfare in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The meeting of leaders from both regions notably refrained from explicitly calling on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern DRC where they are providing substantial military support to the M23 rebels who have captured large swathes of DRC’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces and are still on the march. Phemelo is in discussion with former SANDF Lieutenant General, Maomela Motau.
10 Feb 2025 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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