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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC, Kamel Morjane, has deplored the recent hostilities in the DRC, and notably in Kasai, calling them “a disquieting violation of the ceasefire entered into on 1 March”. The military actions were unacceptable and a rebuff to the spirit and terms of the Lusaka agreement “so recently reconfirmed”, Morjane said in a statement. They were also a blow to the efforts of the UN to deploy troops and risked worsening the humanitarian problems prevailing in the country, he added.
The OAU meanwhile said the “return to armed conflict” in the DRC was a threat to the whole Great Lakes region, and the OAU was greatly concerned by the development, a statement by Algeria, which currently chairs the OAU, stated on Thursday. The OAU renewed its call for the belligerents to be more prudent, to respect the ceasefire, and to cooperate with the UN and the Joint Military Committee (JMC) seeking to implement the Lusaka peace agreement.
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