(27 Jan 2025)
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Nairobi, Kenya – 27 January 2025
1. Wide of William Ruto, president of Kenya, arriving at news conference
2. Mid of Ruto at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) William Ruto, President of Kenya:
"The situation in DRC, it is already very complicated. So the presence of security people from wherever place doesn’t add any more complications. It is already too complicated. This is a situation that has festered for 30, 40 years."
4. Various of media
5. SOUNDBITE (English) William Ruto, President of Kenya:
"We do not see, from where I sit, a possibility of a military solution to the challenges that face Eastern DRC. It was, it is, and am sure it will continue to be the case that engagement, dialogue, consultations is the only viable way out of the situation in DRC."
6. Wide of news conference
7. Close of sign
8. SOUNDBITE (English) William Ruto, President of Kenya:
"I have discussed the summit meeting for Wednesday both with (Rwandan) President Paul Kagame and (Congo’s) President Félix Tshisekedi and both of them have confirmed their participation in the summit on Wednesday."
9. Various of Ruto leaving news conference
STORYLINE:
Kenya’s president, William Ruto, on Monday said the situation in Congo was "very complicated" and stressed he felt it could only be solved diplomatically.
"We do not see, from where I sit, a possibility of a military solution to the challenges that face Eastern DRC," he told reporters during a briefing.
"It was, it is, and am sure it will continue to be the case that engagement, dialogue, consultations is the only viable way out of the situation in DRC."
His comments come as Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to they captured Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Monday as fighting escalated despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.
Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens of rebels in military uniform early Monday morning marched into the capital of North Kivu province, which sits on the border with Rwanda in the volatile region rich in minerals critical to much of the world’s technology.
Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war."
Amid the escalating conflict, Ruto, who is also chairman of the East African Community, said he had called an emergency meeting for member states on Wednesday.
He said that Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi were due to attend the meeting.
Congo late Saturday broke off relations with Rwanda, which has denied backing the M23 despite evidence collected by U.N. experts and others.
The surge of violence has killed at least 13 peacekeepers over the past week.
AP video shot by Josphat Kasire and Idi Ali Juma
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