The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern over the deteriorating security and humanitarian situations in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The chairperson, in a AU statement warned Saturday that the worsening situation would negatively impact the tireless and significant efforts undertaken within the framework of the two African mechanisms, notably the Luanda process led by President Joao Manuel Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola.
He expressed his unreserved support for such efforts, which are the only way to resolve the persistent tension between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda, on the one hand, and between the Government of the DRC and its political-military opposition, on the other.
He called for the strict observance of the ceasefire agreed between the parties and the immediate cessation of all hostilities.
The chairperson strongly urged the parties to preserve the lives of civilians.
Faki launched an urgent appeal to the international community to mobilize all possible support for the populations affected by the serious collateral damage of this expanding war.
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