Uhuru Kenyatta, Olusegun Obasanjo are appointed to lead the DRC peace talks

• President William Ruto, in his post as the EAC chairman, chaired the meeting with SADC chairman President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address the DRC security crisis
• The meeting of the heads of state nominated a team of five facilitators, including former presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo, to lead a peace talks
• The meeting, held on Monday, March 24, brought together presidents from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Former presidents Uhuru Kenyatta And Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo is one of the five former heads of African countries, appointed to lead peace talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The decision was made during the Joint EAC and SADC summit, chaired by the President William Rutoleading the East African Community, and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Chairman of the Southern African Development Community.

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In a statement shared by Ruto, the conference agreed to accelerate the peace process by appointing a large panel of five assistants to lead a peacekeeping mission.

“The meeting was determined to accelerate the peace process by selecting an extended panel of 5 facilitators. It said the statement in part.

The meeting also approved a report by the EAC-SADC ministers outlining strategies for the ceasefire, ending the violence and establishing a secretariat to oversee the implementation of the joint meeting.

In addition to Ruto and Mnangagwa, the meeting was attended by the president of Tanzania Samia Suluhu, Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre of South Sudan, South Sudanese Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre of South Sudanese Sudanese Sudanese. Alor Kuol.

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The meeting ordered Ruto and Mnangagwa to hold an important meeting with the appointed assistants within seven days.

Did Tshisekedi cancel the Ruto meeting?

This comes several weeks after DRC President Tshisekedi skipped a meeting with East African heads of state convened by Ruto on Wednesday, January 29.

The meeting was scheduled to address the growing security crisis in the DRC, but the country's president chose to attend a separate meeting on similar security issues.

All East African presidents except Tshisekedi attended, raising concerns. Prior to the meeting, Tshisekedi's spokesman, Tina Salama, announced that he would not be present because of schedule conflicts.

The meeting continued without Tshisekedi but faced another objection when President Kagame of Rwanda ignored its importance.

The absence of Tshisekedi did not please Kagame, who claimed that his lack of dedication to peaceful efforts was jeopardizing the whole process.

He questioned the purpose of the conference, noting that the country in the middle of the debate was not represented.

Kagame seemed to blame Tshisekedi for slow development in resolving the conflict in his country.

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