Rwanda agrees to give safe passage to SADC forces leaving the DRC
Rwanda has agreed to give safe passage to Southern African Development Community forces. This was confirmed by the Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe who confirmed this was at the request of SADC who requested to use the eastern African territory as they exit the Congo.
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Rwanda has agreed to give safe passage to Southern African Development Community forces. This was confirmed by the Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe who confirmed this was at the request of SADC who requested to use the eastern African territory as they exit the Congo.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/18/rwanda-agrees-to-give-safe-passage-to-sadc-forces-leaving-the-drc
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00:00Rwanda has agreed to give safe passage to Southern African Development Community Forces.
00:06This was confirmed by the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Ndohugirehe,
00:11who confirmed this was at the request of SADC,
00:14who had requested to use the Eastern African Territory as they exist.
00:18The war ravaged Eastern Congo.
00:20Kigali has in the past been critical of the SADC forces' position in Congo,
00:25straining its relations with countries like South Africa.
00:27SADC forces have suffered a number of casualties in the previous months from the ongoing war.
00:33The forces of several thousand peacekeeping troops from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania
00:38had been sent to Eastern Congo by SADC in 2023
00:41to help the Congolese government pacify a mineral-rich region plagued by various insurgencies.
00:48The troops failed to stop lightning assaults starting in January by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
00:54that have claimed several key cities and that left several peacekeepers dead,
00:58eroding support for the mission in the Dona country.