{"id":54089,"date":"2025-05-05T10:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/sadc-troops-second-batch-withdraws-from-drc-through-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:05:28","slug":"sadc-troops-second-batch-withdraws-from-drc-through-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/sadc-troops-second-batch-withdraws-from-drc-through-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC troops\u2019 second batch withdraws from DRC through Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first group, consisting of 57 soldiers and 13 military vehicles, departed eastern DRC on April 29, 2025, to prepare for the remaining forces\u2019 withdrawal. <\/p>\n<p>The second group left Rubavu, at the Rwanda-DRC border, on May 4, 2025, with a convoy of approximately 34 vehicles, mostly carrying military equipment, observed by IGIHE. The first truck, loaded with SADC military equipment, reached Mahoko around 19:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>South African Army Chief Gen Rudzani Maphwanya, speaking to the press on May 4, 2025, confirmed that the first group had arrived at the Tanzania assembly point. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that all SADC troops exiting the DRC will travel by land through Rwanda to Tanzania, a journey initially expected to be lengthy but now achievable in one day.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Maphwanya expressed satisfaction with the troops\u2019 conduct during their deployment in eastern DRC and stated that the withdrawal would be completed by the end of May 2025. <\/p>\n<p>However, critics have highlighted that the mission faced challenges, with troops confined to bases guarded by the M23 rebel group\u2014whom they were intended to confront\u2014for nearly four months.<\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching Tanzania, troops will be repatriated. South Africa plans to airlift its soldiers while shipping equipment by sea. Tanzanian troops will return to local bases, and Malawi is yet to confirm its repatriation method.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86712\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok1-53-9247a.jpg\" alt=\"The second group left Rubavu, at the Rwanda-DRC border, on May 4, 2025, with a convoy of approximately 34 vehicles, mostly carrying military equipment.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86713\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok2-35-25413.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86714\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok3-33-2323a.jpg\" alt=\"The first truck, loaded with SADC military equipment, reached Mahoko around 19:20 p.m.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86715\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86716\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok5-18-94858.jpg\" alt=\"The withdrawal of SADC troops is expected to be concluded by the end May 2025. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86717\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok6-14-f52b8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second batch of Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops, deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for over a year, has withdrawn through Rwanda, en route to an assembly point in Tanzania before returning to their home countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000086711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54089","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 avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000086711,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ok4-20-97c55.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54089"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54089"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}