Maseru, Jan.31—Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders and ministers have gathered in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday ahead of a summit on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has raised concerns for regional security.
The extraordinary session of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) was called after the Rwanda-backed armed group M23 captured most of the city of Goma in the DRC’s mineral-rich east this week in an escalation of violence spanning decades.
Thirteen soldiers from South Africa and three from Malawi have been killed in the conflict since last Friday, most of them part of a SADC peacekeeping mission deployed to the area in 2023…
