🇨🇩 East African regional leaders demand ceasefire in eastern Congo

East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

At a summit in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, the leaders of the regional East African Community (EAC) bloc called for an "immediate ceasefire by all parties," according to a communique issued at the end of the meeting. "The summit reiterated its call to all parties to de-escalate tensions," the communique read.

EAC also demanded the withdrawal of all foreign and armed groups from DRC and asked regional military chiefs to meet within one week and set a timeframe for the withdrawal.

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