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President attends SADC Extraordinary Summit on DRC

President attends SADC Extraordinary Summit on DRC

By Dikeledi Molobela

Harare, Zimbabwe: President Cyril Ramaphosa has this afternoon (Friday) arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he will be participating in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to discuss the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

The Summit comes after the recent intense fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where South Africa lost 13 brave soldiers who were dedicated to their mission and committed to peace. 

The fighting is the result of an escalation by the rebel group M23 and Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia engaging the FARDC and attacking peacekeepers from the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Today’s summit will be chaired by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Chairperson of SADC, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. 

The summit follows the outcome of the Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika plus the DRC and Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), which was held on 28 January 2025 and was chaired by Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation.

President Ramaphosa is being accompanied by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola; Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga; and Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. – SAnews.gov.za

 

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Friday, January 31, 2025

By Dikeledi Molobela

Harare, Zimbabwe: President Cyril Ramaphosa has this afternoon (Friday) arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he will be participating in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to discuss the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

The Summit comes after the recent intense fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where South Africa lost 13 brave soldiers who were dedicated to their mission and committed to peace. 

The fighting is the result of an escalation by the rebel group M23 and Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia engaging the FARDC and attacking peacekeepers from the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Today’s summit will be chaired by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Chairperson of SADC, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. 

The summit follows the outcome of the Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika plus the DRC and Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), which was held on 28 January 2025 and was chaired by Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation.

President Ramaphosa is being accompanied by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola; Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga; and Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. – SAnews.gov.za

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