UN Security Council agrees to fund EACRF in DR Congo

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Delegates during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, US on September 21, 2023. PHOTO | AFP

The United Nations Security Council has formally agreed to a proposal to fund the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Speaking during a press interview after a meeting with the Security Council during the 78ths session of the UN General Assembly in New York, EAC Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki said the deal will be finalized soon after the Monusco finally withdraw from the DRC by December this year.