Leaders of the countries participating in the development community of the South Africa (SADK) and the East African community (you) will hold a summit on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), where clashes between rebel groups and government forces take place.
According to SABC South African state television, the summit of the leaders of the countries participating in Sadk and you will be held on February 8 in the city of Dar Es-Salam in Tanzania.
The summit will be chaired by President Tanzania Sami Sulukhu Hassan, who presides in the Directorate of SADK on politics, defense and security. In addition, before the summit on February 7, it is planned to hold a meeting at the level of ministers of two organizations.
The heads of state and governments of the member countries of SADK held on January 31 in Kharara, the capital of Zimbabwe, an extraordinary meeting, the agenda of which concerned the situation in DR Congo.
The Summit was attended by the heads of state and governments of the South African Democratic Republic, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswans, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia and Lesotho, as well as the ministers of the governments of Esvatini, Angola, Namibia and Malavi.
In the final statement, the summit participants decisively condemned the armed attacks of the rebel group “Movement of March 23” (M23) for the Mission of SADK in the east of the DR Congo.
Collisions in DR Congo
Since the beginning of the year, due to the ongoing fierce clashes between the “M23” and the security forces in the east of the DR Congo, more than 500 thousand people have been moved.
The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo accuse Rwand of support “M23”, but Rwanda denies these accusations.
The group arose under the name “Movement of March 23” after the failure of a peace agreement signed by the countries of the region on March 23, 2009 to ensure security in the east of the Congo. Later it began to be called m23.
M23 represents the interests of the ethnic minority of Tutsi. This nation belongs to the current president of Rwanda Paul Kagama.
Having taken control of many villages and cities of the region, the M23 movement recently captured Goma, the administrative center of the province of North Kiva.
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN UN) reported that as a result of the conflict, which has continued since the beginning of the year, 900 people were killed and 2880 were injured.