President William Ruto on Tuesday, April 1 evening, chaired a virtual meeting with four facilitators of the DRC Peace process.
The four included retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia, and former Central African Republic president Catherine Samba-Panza.
“Chaired a virtual meeting of facilitators of the merged Luanda-Nairobi peace process. The facilitators, who were appointed by East African Community and Southern Africa Development Community Heads of State, attended the meeting. They are former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Sahle-Work Zewde (Ethiopia) and Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic,” President Ruto wrote on his X page.
The meeting was convened following the joint East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) directive.
Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, who is also a facilitator in the DRC peace process, did not attend the meeting.
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On March 25, EAC and SADC held a summit that was chaired by President Ruto and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe.
The summit resolved to appoint Uhuru, Obasanjo, Zewde, Samba-Panza, and Motlanthe to lead the peace process in the DRC.
The Eastern region of DRC has, in recent weeks, witnessed escalated violence, with the humanitarian situation deteriorating as the armed M23 rebels push deeper into the region.
The rebels have captured the town of Goma in the North Kivu province, which is home to more than a million people.
Rwanda has been accused by the DRC of supporting the M23 rebels.
However, President Paul Kagame has denied supporting M23, saying the Rwanda military has been acting in self-defence against Congo's army and militias hostile to Kigali.
