{"id":54035,"date":"2025-04-25T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-senate-president-meets-au-leader-lourenco-over-eastern-drc-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:41:43","slug":"rwanda-senate-president-meets-au-leader-lourenco-over-eastern-drc-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-senate-president-meets-au-leader-lourenco-over-eastern-drc-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Senate President meets AU leader Louren\u00e7o over eastern DRC crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalinda and other parliamentary leaders, including Nelly Mutti of Zambia, Vital Kamerhe of the DRC, Carolina Cerqueira of Angola, and Amason Kingi of Kenya, gathered in Luanda for a summit focused on inclusive governance.<\/p>\n<p>Following the meeting, they were received by AU President and Angolan Head of State Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, to whom they presented a report detailing the activities of armed groups in eastern DRC, the violence occurring there, and possible approaches to ending it.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of the President of Angola, Nelly Mutti, who chairs the regional parliamentary leaders\u2019 forum, explained that the report highlights effective strategies that could help resolve the crisis in eastern DRC and promote regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>President Louren\u00e7o and Mutti emphasized the importance of African nations playing an active role in resolving the ongoing tensions between Rwanda and the DRC, which stem from insecurity in the country\u2019s eastern region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86372 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/baganiriye_ku_mutekano_wo_mu_burasirazuba_bwa_rdc_n_akarere_muri_rusange-9ee00.jpg\" alt=\"The delegation was received by AU President and Angolan Head of State Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86371 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_b_inteko_zo_mu_karere_ubwo_bahuraga_na_perezida_wa_au-cb45b.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Xavier Kalinda and other parliamentary leaders gathered in Luanda for a summit focused on inclusive governance.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Rwandan Senate, Dr. Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Kalinda, together with his counterparts from the Great Lakes region, held discussions with the President of the African Union (AU), Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, regarding the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000086370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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