Ruto, Mnangagwa to convene Joint EAC-SADC Summit in a week
The Joint Summit will build on decisions made during a high-level co-chairs’ session held in Nairobi on Friday, which resolved to merge the EAC-led Nairobi Process, the SADC-supported Luanda Process, and other related peace efforts into a single African Union (AU)-anchored fram..
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Presidents William Ruto of Kenya and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe will convene a Joint EAC-SADC Summit within seven days to formally adopt resolutions on peace in DRC. This summit follows a Nairobi session merging the EAC-led Nairobi Process, the SADC-supported Luanda Process, and other peace efforts into a single African Union (AU)-anchored framework.
- A Joint Secretariat, combining EAC, SADC, and AU technical secretariats, will be based at the AU Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa.
- President Mnangagwa lauded Ruto’s "cordial and committed leadership" in advancing the unified approach.
- The Nairobi session was attended by esteemed facilitators including Olusegun Obasanjo, Uhuru Kenyatta, and Catherine Samba-Panza, among others, underscoring the high-level commitment to regional peace.
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African Summits and Peace Efforts for Democratic Republic of Congo - August 2025
President William Ruto co-chaired a historic summit in Nairobi on Friday, August 1, leading to a landmark deal uniting Africa’s major power blocs to tackle the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following this, Presidents William Ruto of Kenya and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe will convene a Joint EAC-SADC Summit within seven days to formally adopt resolutions on peace in DRC. They have also proposed an African Union-led Joint Secretariat to unify all regional peace efforts, including the Nairobi and Luanda initiatives, into a single, cohesive African-led framework, strengthening the continent's approach to conflict resolution.
