Ruto, Mnangagwa to lead two-day joint SADC-EAC summit on Eastern DRC crisis

Ruto, Mnangagwa to lead two-day joint SADC-EAC summit on Eastern DRC crisis

Members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) keep guard in a location given as North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, in this handout picture released January 26, 2025. MONUSCO/Handout via REUTERS

A joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East Africa Community (EAC) will be held on Friday and Saturday on the conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This follows an agreement between the Chairman of SADC President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and EAC Chairperson President William Ruto of Kenya.

“President Samia Suluhu Hassan has graciously agreed to host the summit to deliberate on the situation in Eastern DRC,” President Ruto said.

He said President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda have confirmed they would attend the meeting that will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on Friday before the Heads of State convene on Saturday.

President Ruto confirmed that he has engaged President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia,

Who have confirmed their participation at the extra-ordinary summit.


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