Ramaphosa urges urgent attention to the ongoing conflict, security situation in Eastern DRC

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that the current security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demands urgent attention.

Ramaphosa was speaking in Bunjumbura, Burundi, where he was participating in the 11th High Level Segment of the Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the DRC and the Great Lakes region.

He further said the re-emergence of the M23 armed group, which was believed to have been dismantled in 2013/2014, is particularly concerning.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region on February 24, 2013.

At the time of its signing, there were high hopes that the Framework would pave the way for peace, security, stability, and development in both the DRC and the Great Lakes Region.

“Unfortunately, a decade later, these noble