Tanzania: We are not at war against any armed group in the DRC

 The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has said that it is in the DRC as part of the SADC Mission (SAMIDRC), which is the result of the decision of the August 2023 SADC Summit to accept the request of the DRC government, based on the Defense Agreement of the SADC, sending a military mission to help it. to address security challenges in the Eastern region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania Tanzania, Januari Makamba has explained on page X that a number of SADC countries are contributing troops and money for the Mission. And that there is no contributing force operating independently, outside of the Mission's unified executive command. M23 rebels Makamba has said that Tanzania is committed to the processes of Luanda and Nairobi, the regional political processes for the peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fierce fighting between the M23 rebels and the government army has caused a new wave of internal refugees in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Various circles in the provinces of North and South Kivu have reported on the new wave of refugees. Last January, the Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the start of a joint operation with the troops of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) against the M23 rebels in the east of the country.