We’ve made progress, Uhuru says as Nairobi meeting on DRC ends

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi’s special envoy Serge Tshibangu on December 6, 2022 display a copy of the agreement reached during the EAC-led Nairobi Process, the third peace talks meeting on the conflict in eastern DRC. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

Fifty-three armed groups from the Democratic Republic of Congo that met in Kenya for the third East African Community-led Nairobi Peace Process have agreed to lay down their arms as Kinshasa finds ways to address their grievances, amongst them the removal of foreign armed groups from the country.

This was one the resolutions made in the final communique read out during the close of the week-long meeting at the Safari Park Hotel.