ICGLR Meet on Eastern DRC Crisis

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The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region held an extraordinary defense ministers’ meeting in Livingstone on January 10. The agenda was to address the escalating security and humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC. Defense ministers from all 12 member states were expected to coordinate a regional response, review ceasefire oversight mechanisms, and assess impacts on regional stability. Preparatory meetings of experts and defense chiefs preceded the talks.