DR Congo security concerns top on the agenda as country formally joins the EAC
People from the Democratic Republic of Congo cross the Ugandan border to seek refuge after clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 in Bunagana, 100 kilometres from Goma in eastern DRC, on April 2, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
Leaders of the EAC on Friday celebrated the formal entry of the Democratic Republic of Congo into the bloc, as President Felix Tshisekedi used the occasion to voice Kinshasa’s security concerns and push for their prioritisation on the region’s agenda.
At State House in Nairobi, where he signed the EAC Treaty accession documents, President Tshisekedi pledged to play a leading role in fuelling regional development. But he also said that security will be crucial for his country, now the richest in the bloc by natural resources, but impoverished by conflict and plunder.
