The chiefs of staff of the armies of the member countries of the SADC in GOMA

 

The chiefs of staff of the armies of the member countries of the SADC  arrived in Goma this Thursday, February 29 for a meeting. Tanzanian Army General Jacob MKUNDA and Malawian Commanders Major General KACHISHA were the first to arrive shortly after Army General Christian Tshiwewe of the DRC and South African Army General Maphwabya Sizani failed to arrive. land. The Full Burundian General, a country with which the DRC is in bilateral military collaboration, also arrived in the capital of North Kivu. All these heads of state who were received by the Commander of the Congolese Land Forces Lieutenant General Fall Sikabwe, the commander of SAMI_RDC and the Military Governor Peter Chirimwami, will meet to refine the military strategies that can help bring back the peace in the east of the DRC and thus allow the return of internally displaced people to their natural environments. While these army chiefs were staying in Goma, two SAMIRDC armored vehicles which were patrolling Sake, came under shells fired from the hills controlled by the M23 rebels in the surroundings of the city. No significant damage was reported.