Congo-Kinshasa: Kenyatta, Desalegn, Obasanjo Named Peace Facilitators for DRC Process

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DR Congo: Ex-African leaders convene in push for peace

A new trio of African leaders will try to broker a peace deal, with the ICC prosecutor arriving for an investigation, as fighting between M23 militants and the Congolese army goes on.

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Congo-Kinshasa: Kenyatta, Desalegn, Obasanjo Named Peace Facilitators for DRC Process

Nairobi -- The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have appointed former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as peace facilitators for the newly merged EAC-SADC peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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African blocs appoint peace facilitators for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo conflict

Ex-presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia to lead regional peace efforts - Anadolu Ajansı

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The Heads of State of SADC and ABC appointed three new facilitators in the crisis in eastern DRC and those more than two weeks after their last joint summit on 8 February in Tanzania. They called for an "immediate and unconditional cease-fire" and a "cessation of hostilities" between the AFC/M23 rebels supported by the Rwandan army and the Congolese forces. This has never been respected. An appointment that occurs while the chiefs of staff of th…

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Three former African leaders to spearhead DRC peace process – The North Africa Post

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) have appointed three distinguished former leaders to facilitate peace negotiations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a joint statement released Monday evening. Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will lead the […]

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Obasanjo, Kenyatta, Desalegn To Lead DRC Peace Talks

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, along with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, has been nominated to lead efforts in restoring peace in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting has intensified. Their appointment by the Eastern and Southern African regional blocs is part of an intervention to end the activities of th…