On behalf of Pan Africa Forum Ltd I want to take this opportunity to thank the Angolan President Joao Lourenco for striking a cease fire deal between Rwanda and DRC on the fighting between M23 and Government of DRC.
Pan African Forum welcomes the ceasefire and believes in the suspension of hostilities which are due to come into effect from midnight August 4, 2024. It is a humanitarian truce between the M23 and government forces that will remove suffering on the ground.
Pan African Forum thanks the informal contacts used by some key stake holders that have helped in bringing about the humanitarian ceasefire .We laud the contacts that Angola used to silently bring both sides on table and we encourage them to go ahead without external imperialistic threats that have characterized the past peace processes .
Pan African Forum notes that DRC’s mineral-rich east has been racked for some 30 years by fighting between both local and foreign-based armed groups, including M23 rebels. Time has come for both parties to sit on table and speak frankly on DRC. The two parties fighting in DRC must state what they want!
Pan African Forum notes that there are over 240 rebel groups based in DRC who continue to fight on the DRC soil without end. We would like the DRC government to publish all the names of those groups that are supported by France and other mineral hungry countries like USA in the world
Pan African Forum shall continue to support the Angolan Government to achieve the Peace needed in DRC and Africa in general.
Thanks
God Bless DRC
Dr. David Matsanga
Pan African Forum (UK)Ltd
1.08.2024
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
