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At a summit in Tanzania, African leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community ordered army chiefs to meet within five days to establish technical guidelines for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. The summit also called for opening humanitarian corridors to evacuate deceased and wounded persons amid the escalating crisis in eastern DR Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized Goma and are advancing into South Kivu. The directive comes on the heels of multiple failed ceasefires and peace talks, leading to doubts that it will be yielded. Beyond that, the escalation conflict has led to fears of a wider, regional conflict, especially since Burundi, Malawi, and South Africa support the DR Congo army.
Source: Aljazeera