REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

NGF HOLDS VALEDICTORY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AS 17 MEMBERS DEPART.(PHOTO).

NGF Holds Valedictory Meeting As 17 Members Depart

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum NGF will be holding its 2023 valedictory meeting Wednesday 26th of April 2023.

According to an invitation to all the 36 Governors, issued by the Director-General of the Forum Mr Asishana Okauru, the meeting will be the 5th physical meeting in 2023, as the four earlier meetings during the year had been virtual.

It further states that after the Chairman’s brief and parting remarks, the floor would be open for valedictories from members. 

 Seventeen Governors are leaving the Forum, having completed their terms of office, while adequate arrangements have been put in place for the induction of new Governors and returning ones which is coming up between 14th and 17 of next month. 

The meeting will also end the Leadership of Governors’ Fayemi/Tambuwal in the Forum as another Chairman is expected to emerge among Governors of majority party. 


 

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