Southern African Development Community

African leaders urge direct talks with rebels to resolve DR Congo conflict

African leaders urge direct talks with rebels to resolve DR Congo conflict

  • communique at the end of talks urged the resumption of “direct negotiations and dialogue with all state and non-state parties'
  • Rwanda has blamed the deployment of SADC peacekeepers for worsening the conflict in North Kivu, a mineral-rich province in eastern Congo that’s now controlled by M23
By AP ·