Dealing with DRC, seeming reluctant partner of East African Community

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaking during a past news conference. PHOTO | REUTERS

When the East African Community (EAC) held its 23rd Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State on June 7 to appoint Veronica Mueni Nduva as Secretary-General, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi neither attended nor sent a representative.

That Kinshasa did not attend a virtual meeting or offer an apology was viewed as the latest hint that it wants out of the bloc.