Wallace Ruzvidzo, Herald Reporter SADC Chairperson, President Mnangagwa, will tomorrow preside over a crucial Extraordinary regional summit of Heads of State and Government, where leaders will convene virtually to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The emergency meeting comes on the heels of recent attacks by the M23 rebel armed group on Congolese security forces, SADC troops and civilians. The summit is being convened following the virtual Extraordinary SADC Organ Troika Summit held last week. In a communiqué released yesterday, the SADC Secretariat said tomorrow’s Extraordinary Summit will extensively deliberate on recommendations from the virtual Troika meeting. The SADC Summit is responsible for setting the overall policy direction and controlling the functions of the regional bloc, making it the primary policy-making institution of the
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30 – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has fiercely criticized fellow leaders in the East African Community (EAC), terming the bloc’s approach to the crisis in Eastern DRC as disjointed and ineffective. Kagame, who made the remarks during an emergency EAC Summit convened by President William Ruto which DRC President Felix Tshisekedi snubbed, faulted the bloc, accusing fellow Heads of State of prioritizing national interests at the expense of a collective regional pursuit. “Tshisekedi decided we were not doing what he wanted and went to SADC. SADC agreed they’d come and do what he wanted and sent everybody else (EAC) packing. We complied and kept quiet,” he lamented in remarks released by the Rwandan presidency. “But really, to have even had the EAC expelled from Eastern DRC and