Several leaders have arrived in Nairobi ahead of the Joint East African Community (EAC)–Southern African Development Community (SADC) Co-Chairs’ Meeting, scheduled to take place Friday.
The high level meeting will focus on the ongoing peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and will also serve as a briefing session with the Panel of Facilitators steering the mediation efforts.
Among the leaders already in the country are former President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi; former President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde; and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
The meeting co-chaired by Kenya’s President William Ruto, who is the current EAC Chairperson, and SADC Chairperson President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe aims to align efforts between EAC and SADC-led initiatives, reinforce regional coordination, and accelerate progress towards a peaceful resolution in eastern DRC.
