East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

The call came after leaders of the East African Community held a summit in Burundi on Saturday.

East African regional leaders have renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country’s military against a rebel group that the government has accused Rwanda of supporting.

At a summit in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Saturday, the leaders of the regional East African …