US endorses regional action to end conflict in DRC

President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) and EAC heads of state when he hosted them in Nairobi. PHOTO | PSCU

The US government has hailed Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta for getting DR Congo and Rwanda to a meeting last week, saying it could ease tensions between the two neighbours.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with President Kenyatta in a phone call on Thursday about Nairobi’s Initiative under the East African Community Conclave on DR Congo, as the best approach to end armed conflict in the troubled east of the country.