SADC begins withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from DR Congo
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) began on Tuesday the withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)through Rwanda.
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) began on Tuesday the withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)through Rwanda.
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00:00The Southern African Development Community SADC began on Tuesday the withdrawal of spacekeeping forces from the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo through Rwanda.
00:11Local media sources in Rwanda reported seeing SADC forces moving several tracks of soldiers and equipment from Goma in North Kivu province through Rwanda.
00:21Reports indicate that the convoy will travel to Chato in northwestern Tanzania before repatriation to various countries.
00:29Rwanda had agreed in April to give safe passage to the forces.
00:34The forces of several thousand peacekeeping troops from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania had been sent to eastern Congo by the SADC in 2023 to help the Congolese government pacify a mineral-rich region plagued by various insurgencies.
00:48The SADC's military mission had suffered heavy losses in the previous months with around a dozen soldiers killed as the M23 rebel seized control of Goma.
00:57Their termination came after losing about 70 soldiers to the rebel in the region.