EU eyes Uganda help to deliver relief supplies to war-torn eastern Congo
European Union Ambassador Jean-Marc Chataigner (left), French Ambassador Bruno Aubert, and North Kivu Governor Lt-Gen Constant Ndima (middle) receive EU humanitarian aid for civilians displaced by fighting between the army and M23 rebels at Goma Airport.
As the Trump-mediated peace deal for eastern Congo wobbles, the European Union is stepping in with a humanitarian approach, negotiating with key players including Uganda’s military – a security linchpin in the conflict-plagued North Kivu and Ituri provinces –to secure supply routes and the region’s main airport to facilitate the delivery of relief supplies.
On Monday, Brussels Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region Johan Borgstam met with Uganda’s military leader Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the troubled mineral-rich eastern Congo.
