Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict

Leaders from across Africa call for immediate ceasefire at cross-party summit in Tanzania

A summit of regional leaders has called for an immediate unconditional ceasefire within five days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, and the president of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, joined a summit in Tanzania on Saturday, where African leaders said they were deeply concerned by the crisis.

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