00:00Rwanda has agreed to give safe passage to Southern African Development Community Forces.
00:06This was confirmed by the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Ndohugirehe,
00:11who confirmed this was at the request of SADC,
00:14who had requested to use the Eastern African Territory as they exist.
00:18The war ravaged Eastern Congo.
00:20Kigali has in the past been critical of the SADC forces' position in Congo,
00:25straining its relations with countries like South Africa.
00:27SADC forces have suffered a number of casualties in the previous months from the ongoing war.
00:33The forces of several thousand peacekeeping troops from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania
00:38had been sent to Eastern Congo by SADC in 2023
00:41to help the Congolese government pacify a mineral-rich region plagued by various insurgencies.
00:48The troops failed to stop lightning assaults starting in January by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
00:54that have claimed several key cities and that left several peacekeepers dead,
00:58eroding support for the mission in the Dona country.
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