SADC and EAC to Hold Joint Meeting on DR Congo

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) will hold a joint meeting on Friday and Saturday on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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

“President Samia Suluhu Hassan has agreed to host a meeting intended to discuss the situation in eastern DRC,” President Ruto said.

He said President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda have confirmed their attendance at the meeting, which will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on Friday before the heads of government meet on Saturday.

President Ruto confirmed that he has joined South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who have confirmed their participation in the extraordinary meeting.