On Tuesday, 1st April 2025, President William Ruto and former President Uhuru Kenyatta attended a high-level meeting on the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a directive from the joint East Africa Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
Former Presidents Olesegun Obasanjo, Sahle-Work Zewde (Ethiopia), and Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic also attended the virtual meeting.
”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,” President Ruto said in a statement.
The Joint Summit of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 25th March appointed former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Nigeria’s ex-leader Olusegun Obasanjo to resolve the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Eastern DRC has been plagued by decades of violence involving armed groups, with recent clashes exacerbating humanitarian crises and displacing thousands.
