Fears of Regional Conflict As DRC, Rwanda Tension Grows

As fears grow that the tensions between DRC and Rwanda might become a regional conflict, the Congolese president travelled to Luanda last week for talks with his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço. According to media reports, the talks focused on creating the conditions for bilateral dialogue with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. The conflict in the eastern DRC was the subject of a special meeting at the United Nations Security Council last month and a mini summit on the sidelines of the African Union annual meeting of heads of state on 16 February. Mulengwa Zihindura, President of the Center for Political and Strategic Studies in DRC and a former spokesperson for President Joseph Kabila, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, talks between the two leaders, if sincere, would reduce the tensions