UN chief Guterres urges African leaders to redouble efforts to bring peace to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violent armed groups have been terrorising civilians for decades
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference in Nairobi. / Photo: Reuters
Guterres addressed on Saturday a high-level meeting in Burundi of African nations that signed a UN-brokered accord in 2013 to promote stability and security in the conflict-wracked nation. "Despite our collective efforts, more than 100 armed groups — Congolese and foreign — still operate today and thus threaten the stability of the entire Great Lakes region," Guterres told the gathering of presidents and other senior leaders in Bujumbura on Saturday.
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