Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.

Defense chiefs of East African Community, Southern African Development Community asked to meet within 5 days to provide ...

Urgent Call for Ceasefire in Eastern Congo A high-level summit of African leaders has called for an “immediate and ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also ...

Regional leaders call for immediate ceasefire in DRC as Rwanda-backed M23 group advances, raising fears of regional war.

The communique also points out that the defense chiefs are also expected to "develop a securitization plan" for the city of Goma and the surrounding areas ...

Attended by leaders across the East African region led by President William Ruto, chair of the EAC, President Samia Suluhu of ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers.

Di summit of heads of state of di East Africa Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), happun on ...