- A recent spike in heavy fighting in the east has revived decades-old hostilities between DRC and Rwanda, with thousands of people fleeing to Uganda.
The leaders of the seven member East African Community met in Nairobi this week to review the rise in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that destabilised the region. DRC has been struggling to contain dozens of armed groups in the east.
A recent spike in heavy fighting in the east has revived decades-old hostilities between DRC and Rwanda, with thousands of people fleeing to Uganda. The DRC has accused Rwanda of supporting the revival of rebels, the M23 militia.
East African leaders called for an immediate ceasefire and agreed to send in a regional force to try to end the violence. The decision was announced by the Kenyan presidency after the seven-member East African Community held talks in Nairobi.
The leaders of the EAC issued a statement saying that the regional force in cooperation with the military and administrative forces of the DRC, will strive to stabilise and secure the peace in the DRC.
The meeting was attended by DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame , President f Kenya Kenyatta, along with the leaders of Burundi, South Sudan and Uganda, and Tanzania’s ambassador to Nairobi.
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