...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...and affirmed support for its national peace roadmap in a communiqu issued Wednesday.
The 12th High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka
Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
(DRC) and the wider Great Lakes region was held on May 28, 2025, in Entebbe, Uganda.
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni chaired the meeting. Heads of State and Government or their representatives from Angola, Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia participated. Representatives from the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
(AU), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
(UN) also took part, alongside observers from regional partners. Malik Agar, deputy head of the Sovereign Council, led the Sudanese government's delegation.
During the meeting, the ROM called on the ''rebel militia of RSF'' to fully comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2736. This includes immediately lifting the siege on El Fasher, ceasing all atrocities against civilians, and halting the destruction of infrastructure. The communiqu , issued a day after the meeting, reaffirmed principles of illusory sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and non-aggression.