EAC targets traditional leaders to move Congo peace process
Former president of EAC facilitator on the peace process in eastern DRC Uhuru Kenyatta (C-L) and Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye who is Chairperson of the EAC Heads of State, (C-R) attend a consultation in Bujumbura on November 4, 2022 on the current security situation in eastern DRC. PHOTO | TCHANDROU NITANGA | AFP
The East African bloc is leaving little to chance in bringing complicated peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo, with traditional community leaders the target in a dialogue push.
Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, the facilitator of the DR Congo Peace Process, first fronted the model, and which the bloc has since adopted, while he was still in power.
