SADC withdraws troops from DRC

NAMPA
2025-03-13
18 August 2020 - Southern African Development Community (SADC) logo 18 August 2020 - Southern African Development Community (SADC) logo
WINDHOEK, 13 MAR (NAMPA) – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has begun the phased withdrawal of troops deployed in December 2023 to restore peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The decision was made on Thursday at the virtual Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, where SADC Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe, directed the commencement of a phased withdrawal of the SADC Mission in...
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