Speaking at the African Union summit (AU) on Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a regional escalation of the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be avoided at all costs.
The AU’s 55 members are meeting as the Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue there advance in the eastern DRC, on Friday claiming to have entered the region’s second largest city, Bukavu.
“The fighting that is raging in South Kivu, as a result of the continuation of the M23 offensive, threatens to push the entire region over the precipice,” Guterres told leaders at the summit.
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“There Speaking at the African Union summit (AU) on Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a regional escalation of the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be avoided at all costs.
The AU’s 55 members are meeting as the Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue there advance in the eastern DRC, on Friday claiming to have entered the region’s second largest city, Bukavu.
“The fighting that is raging in South Kivu, as a result of the continuation of the M23 offensive, threatens to push the entire region over the precipice,” Guterres told leaders at the summit.
Source: africanews.com
