The EAC and SADC are under growing pressure to translate diplomatic engagements into concrete action to prevent further destabilization in the region

The SADC and East African Community (EAC) joint process has appointed three eminent former African leaders to facilitate efforts to find lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where hostilities between Government forces and rebels have resulted in the death of thousands of people and left millions homeless.

Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road without their equipment or uniforms.

The meeting in Goma comes as the rebel leader ... gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss the conflict in Congo. "A perfect example," Viljoen said of the international community's reaction, is "the meeting of SADC and EAC leaders" where they ...