Kenyatta backs complete regional force deployment into DR Congo
EACRF officials meet with M23 rebels during a handover ceremony at Rumangabo camp in eastern DRC on January 6, 2023. Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday asked countries in the EAC to fully deploy troops to the DR Congo. PHOTO | GUERCHOM NDEBO | AFP
Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday asked countries in the East African Community to fully deploy troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Speaking for the first time after the EAC’s extra-ordinary Summit in Bujumbura, Mr Kenyatta, the EAC facilitator of the EAC-led peace process in the Congo, said the troops should help buffer liberated areas in eastern DRC from a clash between government forces and rebels.
