Troop contributors to Congo mission grapple with withdrawal dilemma
Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard, amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Goma, on January 29, 2025.
Citizens of Southern African Development Community partner States, which have troops in eastern Congo are pressuring their leaders to withdraw their soldiers from the war zone after recording rising numbers of casualties in the ongoing war in Kivu.
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has buckled to pressure and ordered his military to prepare to move out of the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after his army lost three soldiers.
