Regional Military Leaders Meet in DR Congo to Coordinate Strategy

On Mar 5, 2024

Military leaders from five countries have been meeting in Eastern DR Congo to devise a coordinated strategy to end the fighting that risks escalating into a regional conflict. The Congolese army, with their partners from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), have been battling to stop the advance of M23 rebels, triggering a humanitarian crisis.

Congo-Kinshasa:
Regional Military Leaders Meet in Eastern DRC to Coordinate Strategy Against M23 Rebels

Independent (Kampala), 3 March 2024

Stability hangs in the balance in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where military leaders from five regional countries have been meeting for days to devise a… Read more »
Rwanda:
DRC-Rwanda Crisis – What’s Needed to Prevent a Regional War

The Conversation Africa, 29 February 2024

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African, Burundian and Tanzanian troops are fighting against the Rwandan army, which has deployed in support of the… Read more »
Rwanda:
Regional Lawmakers Condemn Ethnic Violence in DR Congo

New Times, 26 February 2024

Lawmakers from the Great Lakes Region have condemned ethnically motivated violence and discrimination in eastern DR Congo, and called on the international community to consider the… Read more »
Africa:
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission On the Tension in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo

African Union, 21 February 2024

The Chairperson of AUC, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is very concerned about the continuous tension in Eastern DRC and reiterates his call for rapid de-escalation. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa:
DR Congo – Fighting Threatens Stability of Entire Region, Envoy Warns

UN News, 20 February 2024

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), fighting between the M23 armed group and national forces has further compounded the dire humanitarian situation in the east, the head… Read more »
Rwanda:
Rwanda Will Never Apologise for Protecting Its People – Kagame

Nile Post, 19 February 2024

President Paul Kagame has refused to blink, at least not first, on the diplomatic impasse with Rwanda’s neighbours DR Congo, telling the African Union that his country will neither… Read more »

M23 rebels in Eastern DR Congo (file photo).

Just 20km from Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fighting is raging over the town of Sake. Escalating violence is forcing people to … Read more »
The latest conflict in Eastern DRC has resulted in catastrophic conditions for the local population, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) … Read more »

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