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Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo
A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a solution to the violent conflict in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government.
Southern and East African leaders to hold joint summit on Congo conflict
The regional blocs of southern and eastern Africa will hold a joint summit in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Feb 7-8 to discuss the conflict in eastern Congo, Kenya's President William Ruto said on Monday.
EAC-SADC Summit | East Africa leaders call for DRC ceasefire
JOHANNESBURG - In a significant peace summit held in Tanzania, Kenyan President William Ruto urged all armed forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to cease hostilities and engage in dialogue for stability.
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African leaders scramble for solution to Congo conflict at high-level summit
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs stressed on Saturday the urgency of finding a way out of the crisis in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels' rapid advance has fanned fears of a wider war.
Leaders From Eastern and Southern African Blocs Seek Solutions to Congo Conflict
Leaders from Eastern and Southern African regional blocs gather in Tanzania on Saturday to seek a solution to the conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels have seized a major city in the worst escalation of fighting in more than a decade.
Eastern and southern African leaders call for ceasefire in DR Congo
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also urged Congo's president to directly negotiate with them.
African leaders move to end DR Congo conflict
Their crisis talks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea come as the long-running war escalates.History will judge leaders in Africa who fail to end the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania warned her counterparts at the start of an emergency summit on the weekend.
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