SADC and EAC to Hold Joint Summit on Eastern DRC Security
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) are set to hold a joint summit on Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ahead of the summit, meetings with senior officials and foreign ministers are scheduled for 6th and 7th February 2025.
At an Extraordinary SADC Summit in January 2025, leaders mandated the SADC Organ Troika on Politics, Defence, and Security to collaborate with all parties involved in the conflict, aiming to establish a ceasefire to protect lives and ensure humanitarian aid reaches those affected by the fighting.
In a communique issued after the SADC Extraordinary Summit held on 31st January 2025 in Harare, SADC leaders stated:
“Summit called for an immediate joint summit of SADC and East African Community (EAC) to deliberate on the way forward regarding the security situation in the DRC as proposed by the 24th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State of the EAC held on 29th January 2025.”
SADC has urged political and diplomatic leaders involved in the conflict to work together and support peace efforts, including the Luanda Process and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), to restore peace and security in eastern DRC.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday at Zimbabwe’s State House in Harare, SADC Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, emphasised the importance of strengthening the DRC government’s capacity to govern the country’s large territory effectively. He said:
“Currently, you have various authorities speaking differently in the same country… I do not think that is the best to have in a sovereign country. So as we meet as both SADC and the East African Community, we will probe that question and see whether it is possible to make sure there is one voice in the country.”
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