The leaders of southern Africa have introduced that they may deliver out their troops from the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the place they helped the federal government to battle the rebellious forces.
The choice to start out a “gradual retreat” was taken throughout a digital summit of the Southern Africa improvement neighborhood (SADC) of 16 members.
The troops had been despatched two years in the past to assist the Congolese military to battle the M23 rebels supported by the Rwandese.
But a minimum of 19 troopers from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania had been killed when the M23 captured the important thing metropolis of Goma in January.
Sadc leaders stated that even when the troops might be pulled out of dr. Congo, the block would proceed to “assist the interventions geared toward bringing lasting peace”.
The M23 continued to earn land in dr. Eastern Congo and final month seized the second largest metropolis within the area, Bukavu.
