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Rwandan and Congolese leaders to meet over DRC conflict

DRC Prime Minister Judith Sunimwa arrives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ahead of EAC-SADC summit. [Sourced: Jumuiya, X]

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi were set to join talks in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convened in a bid to defuse the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers.

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