SADC Peacekeeping Force Began Withdrawal from DRC Through Rwanda

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Reports indicate that the convoy will travel to Chato in north-western Tanzania before repatriation to various countries. Rwanda had agreed in April to give safe passage to the SADC forces.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) began the withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)through Rwanda.

Local media sources in Rwanda reported seeing SADC forces moving several trucks of soldiers and equipment from Goma in North Kivu province through Rwanda. Reports indicate that the convoy will travel to Chato in north-western Tanzania before repatriation to various countries. Rwanda had agreed in April to give safe passage to the SADC forces.

The force of several thousand peacekeeping troops from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania had been sent to eastern Congo by the SADC in 2023 to help the Congolese government pacify a mineral-rich region plagued by various insurgencies.

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The SADC military mission had suffered heavy losses in the previous months, with around a dozen soldiers from South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania killed as the M23 rebels seized control of Goma .Rwanda has rejected charges, including by the Congolese government and U.N. experts, that it backs M23 in eastern Congo, a region that is now one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises with more than 7 million people displaced.