Highlights: DRC obtains confirmation of SADC support to fight against M23 rebels. Zambia organized a summit of the S ADC, the development community of Southern African countries. The organization's member countries reiterated their support for the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique in the face of the conflicts they are going through. The meeting focused on the ongoing military deployment in these two countries. In Cabo Delgado to counter the jihadists, and in the east of the DRC against the M 23 rebels.

DRC obtains confirmation of SADC support to fight against M23 rebels

Zambia organized a summit of the SADC, the development community of Southern African countries, on Saturday March 23. The organization's member countries reiterated their support for the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique in the face of the conflicts they are going through. The meeting focused on the ongoing military deployment in these two countries. In Cabo Delgado to counter the jihadists, and in the east of the DRC against the M23 rebels.

Malawian soldiers from the SADC military mission in the DRC came to recover the bodies of South African soldiers killed during clashes between the Congolese army and the M23. REUTERS - ARLETTE BASHIZI

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For the DRC authorities, this summit is a success. One of the members of the delegation announced this Saturday that they were delighted with the discussions held in Lusaka.

Kinshasa has obtained confirmation of SADC support via the SAMIDRC force deployed to support the Congolese army and its allies against

the M23 rebels

supported by Rwanda in the east of the country.

To deprive the SADC of international logistical and financial support, Rwanda, through two correspondences to the UN Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, asked these organizations not to endorse this mission. In their final communiqué, the southern African countries formally “

disapproved

” of the Rwandan initiative.

These decisions are the result of several days of negotiations. Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese president, met on the sidelines of the summit with Angolan President Joao Lourenço, mediator in the crisis with Rwanda. On Wednesday, he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on this subject.

Finally, on Thursday, the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs received in Luanda the heads of Rwandan and Congolese diplomacy for new preparatory discussions for a possible

DRC obtains confirmation of SADC support to fight against M23 rebels

DRC obtains confirmation of SADC support to fight against M23 rebels

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