Angolan President Joao Lourenco held a three-hour private meeting in Luanda on Saturday with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Felix Tshisekedi. The talks came a day after the Angolan parliament approved a year-long deployment of up to 500 soldiers to the troubled eastern DRC. But Luanda said the contingent would only be moved when it was certain that the right conditions existed in the cantonment areas. The troops will help to maintain peace in areas held by the M23 rebel group. The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the mostly Congolese Tutsi group, a charge that Kigali denies.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 19, 2023 17:37 UTC