{"id":98321,"date":"2025-03-26T17:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/eac-sadc-leaders-to-hold-second-session-on-eastern-dr-congo-crisis"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:26:25","slug":"eac-sadc-leaders-to-hold-second-session-on-eastern-dr-congo-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/eac-sadc-leaders-to-hold-second-session-on-eastern-dr-congo-crisis","title":{"rendered":"EAC, SADC leaders to hold second session on eastern DR Congo crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Heads of State and Government of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will, on Monday, March 24, convene their second joint Summit to address the security situation in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>When leaders from the two regional blocs first met, on February 8, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, peaceful resolution of the conflict in eastern DR Congo through the Africa-led Luanda and Nairobi peace processes was among the key resolutions of their meeting. The first joint EAC-SADC summit reaffirmed the critical role of the Luanda and Nairobi peace processes and directed that the two be merged.<\/p>\n<p>Another key element from the February summit was the leaders\u2019 call for the implementation of an earlier approved harmonised plan for the neutralisation of FDLR, a DR Congo-based terrorist militia founded by remnants of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The genocidal militia poses an existential threat to Rwanda, the entire region, and especially the Congolese Tutsi communities it has been persecuting, resulting in the ongoing crisis in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The regional leaders\u2019 second joint session, which will be virtual, will be co-chaired by President William Ruto of Kenya, who is the Chairperson of the EAC, and the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who also doubles as the Chairperson of SADC. According to an EAC communique, the joint Summit will deliberate on the report presented during the joint EAC-SADC ministerial meeting held on March 17, in Harare, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The March 17 ministerial meeting pledged to urgently put to action a joint roadmap to bring an end to the crisis in the eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which was convened in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, agreed that the roadmap will elaborates a comprehensive approach encompassing both political and military interventions. At the time, Zimbabwe\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and chairperson of the SADC Council of Ministers, Amon Murwira, said these measures are required to address the complex security and humanitarian situation in DR Congo, in the immediate, medium and long-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our conviction that the decisions we have adopted, will provide impetus to our peace efforts towards resolving the protracted conflict in our sister Republic, given that no-one but ourselves will bring the peace we want in our two regions,\u201d Murwira said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also pledged to urgently put to action the joint roadmap, which elaborates a comprehensive approach encompassing both political and military interventions required to address the complex security and humanitarian situation in the DR Congo, in the immediate, medium and long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-chair of the EAC-SADC ministerial meeting, Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya\u2019s Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, commended Angolan President Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, who is also the current chairperson of the African Union, for initiating efforts to have direct negotiations between the Congolese government and the AFC\/M23 rebel group.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi said all parties converging at the table for talks was the only viable option to bring sustainable peace in DR Congo. \u201cI think what will be important is for us to consolidate and make sure that what EAC and SADC are doing, we move in tandem on these issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The Heads of State and Government of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will, on Monday, March 24, convene their second joint Summit to address the security situation in eastern DR Congo. 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