Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has been nominated among African leaders who will spearhead peace talks in Easter Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
This follows the Joint Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) and Co-Chaired by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto.
Uhuru will work alongside former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Bosh as facilitators of the EAC-SADC peace process (the merged Luanda and Nairobi processes) in Eastern DRC.
In a statement on Monday, February 24, 2025, Ruto said preparatory meetings of the EAC Chiefs of Defense Forces (CDFs) from EAC partner states were held in Nairobi on February 21, 2025 to discuss the ongoing security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),” Ruto stated.
“The Meeting of the SADC Chief of Defense Forces on the same subject also convened In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meetings followed a directive from the joint EAC-SADC Heads of State Summit on 8th February 2025 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Prior to the Meeting the EAC, Defense Experts Working Group held two days of discussions on the situation in Eastern DRC.”
Ruto says the meeting was guided by six key directives including immediate and unconditional ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, provision of humanitarian assistance, opening of main supply routes, development of a securitization plan for Goma and surrounding areas and immediate reopening of Goma Airport and advice on other facilitative interventions.
“There shall be a joint EAC-SADC Chiefs of Defense Forces Meeting on Monday 24th February 2025 in Dar es Salam, Tanzania preceding the Joint Ministerial Meeting scheduled for 28th February 2025. The Meeting is expected to work on the details of the ceasefire. Considering the above developments, all actors are urged to observe the ceasefire announced by the EAC-SADC Summit, and the M23 and all other actors are called upon to cease any further advancements in Eastern DRC and to observe and abide by an immediate ceasefire,” Ruto added.
Ruto revealed that the Joint EAC-SADC process has actively seized of the peace process in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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