Meeting on DRC flops after rebels fail to show up at Nairobi venue

Felix Tshisekedi and Uhuru Kenyatta.

DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi. PHOTO | PSCU

East African Community leaders have joined forces to launch a major crackdown on rebels who, for decades, have made eastern Democratic Republic of Congo their safe haven.

Representatives of armed groups active in the eastern DRC were invited to Nairobi for a meeting with government officials on Friday under the auspices of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta after EAC leaders on Thursday urged an end to the violence in the troubled east.