{"id":43388,"date":"2023-05-30T17:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/dr-congo-gen-kazura-attends-eac-meet-in-burundi"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:37:07","slug":"dr-congo-gen-kazura-attends-eac-meet-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/dr-congo-gen-kazura-attends-eac-meet-in-burundi","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo: Gen Kazura attends EAC meet in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Gen Jean Bosco Kazura, the Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), ON Monday, May 29, attended an extraordinary meeting of army chiefs from East African Community partner states held in Bujumbura, Burundi, to discuss the security situation in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n

Regional army chiefs have met at least three times, since November 2022, in their bid to find a sustainable solution to the rampant security crisis in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n

The East African Regional Force (EACRF) \u2013 now comprising troops from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and South Sudan \u2013 <\/b>deployed in eastern DR Congo in November 2022 and mandated to restore peace in the region has gradually created a favourable environment making main supply routes accessible, protection of civilians, and withdrawal of armed Groups.<\/p>\n

The latest meeting is part of continued efforts to restore peace, security and stability in eastern DR Congo, Kenya\u2019s Chief of Defence Forces, General Francis Ogolla, tweeted.<\/p>\n

When the regional military chiefs met in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 9, following the EAC Heads of State\u2019s directive earlier, on February 4, to have forces on the ground, they agreed to deploy troops to areas earmarked for the M23 rebels phased withdrawal and the protection of civilians in areas earlier vacated by the rebels.<\/p>\n

The regional force has noted that it continues to enhance the protection of civilians, opening up the main supply routes for the free flow of people and goods and aiding humanitarian assistance in the joint operation area for socioeconomic development in the ongoing peace and stability efforts in eastern DR Congo. On May 26, Kenyan troops under the regional force offered medical aid to an expectant lady in Kibumba, a locality in eastern DR Congo, and took her to Kinyaruchinya Health Center where she had a successful delivery.<\/b><\/p>\n

Eastern DR Congo, a vast region that has remained volatile for nearly three decades, is home to more than 130 foreign and local armed groups, which are responsible for numerous atrocities. Multiple interventions, including the United Nations\u2019 largest peacekeeping missions in the country (MONUSCO), have failed to end decades of violence in the country.<\/p>\n

Congolese President Fe\u0301lix Tshisekedi has continuously pressed for the military option \u2013 aimed solely at the M23 rebels \u2013 but other regional leaders prefer the path of political dialogue as first priority.<\/p>\n

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