Mbeki: Situation in DRC 'is worrying, SADC must act'
24 August 2017
Boksburg – Former President Thabo Mbeki has reportedly said that the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "worrying", adding that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) must act to avoid the killing of more people.
Mbeki said this just before the start of the African Leadership Forum meeting which he would be co-hosting with Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa in Boksburg.
The meeting was set to run from August 24-25.
Mbeki's remarks came as the security situation in the DRC has become increasingly fraught after a December deadline for elections was missed and a peace agreement brokered by the Catholic Church in December fell apart.