The Community of East African States (EAC) announced on Sunday that the next set of peace talks on the situation in eastern DRC will take place in Kenya on November 21st. The announcement of peace talks in Kenya follows a meeting on Friday between Angolan President João Lourenço and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame. The EAC peace facilitator for eastern DRC, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, and Burundian president Evariste Ndayishimiye arrived in Kinshasa on Sunday for a two-day visit. The first Kenyan soldiers - about 100 - arrived in Goma on Saturday as part of a regional East African force. The Kenyan parliament approved on Wednesday the dispatch of 900 soldiers to eastern DRC, which has been plagued by attacks from armed groups for nearly three decades.

Source: Ethiopian News November 14, 2022 07:36 UTC