Rwanda’s army is escorting the troops of a Southern African force through Rwandan territory to Tanzania as they pull out from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for the Rwandan army said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), which groups 16 states, said in mid-March it had\u00a0terminated the mandate\u00a0of its mission and would begin a phased withdrawal of its force, known as SAMIDRC, from Congo.<\/p>\n
The force was sent to assist Kinshasa’s fight against rebel groups in Congo’s eastern borderlands in December 2023.<\/p>\n
Many of its troops sought shelter in United Nations peacekeeping bases after Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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