RB and Mkapa confer on peace in the Great Lakes Region.

By John Chola – 16/12/09

Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa is holding talks with Zambia’s Rupiah Banda in Lusaka on the political and security situation in the great lakes Region.
Mkapa is one of the mediators in the Great Lakes Region.

President Banda is the current Chairman of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).

Mkapa is in Lusaka to brief President Banda on the Political and Security situation in the region.

The meeting is being held ahead of next month’s African Union Heads of State and Government summit to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Mkapa has informed Banda that the political and security situation in the great lakes region has normalized in some of the countries.

He however says that there are still many challenges which need to be addressed in order to have absolute peace and stability in the entire region.

Benjamin Mkapa and Former Nigerian President General Olusegun Obasanjo are the two mediators appointed to spearhead the peace process in the region.
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