How DR Congo conflict affects Raila's AUC bid

Raila Odinga seeing off DRC President H.E. Felix Tshisekedi at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. [File, Standard]

President William Ruto yesterday assembled the heads of the East African Community (EAC) to discuss the escalating conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Under immense foreign pressure, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda agreed to the virtual emergency meeting, held a day before the Southern Africa Development Community meets over the violent clashes in Goma, which have led to the deaths of at least 13 South African soldiers.