SADC extends mandate of its troops in DRC and Mozambique

Southern African leaders agreed Wednesday to extend for another year the presence of regional troops deployed to fight rebels in the conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They also pledged to work for peace in Mozambique, where disputed elections have fueled unrest.

The leaders gathered in Zimbabwe‘s capital, Harare, for an extraordinary summit under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a…