Sadc Summit To Debate, Make Decisions On Peace Efforts In Drc

The Southern African Development Community SADC will today convene an extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, to discuss the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC.

Last week, soldiers were killed during a fierce battle with the M23 rebels in Goma city.

Regional bodies are holding meetings in an effort to find solutions to the impasse in the central African country.

Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Amon Murwirwa says the situation is dire in the Eastern DRC.

Murwirwa says, "This Extraordinary Summit is going to be on the Eastern DRC problem. There are negative developments in the east of the DRC, a lot of violence and conflict. His Excellency hosted another summit on this matter and that summit was to extend the mission of Summit DRC but now the Extraordinary Summit is for Heads of State and Government to debate and make decisions on the peace efforts for the Eastern DRC."