SADC Truck Driver Association Secretary General Jackson Banda says the ongoing conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC has caused panic among truck drivers. Last week M23 rebels captured Goma, an eastern city of nearly two million people, after a lightning advance in DR Congo. In an interview, Wednesday, Banda said the conflict was a threat to trade, stating that soon drivers would completely boycott entering Congo. “The conflict in DRC is a concern of everyone because some drivers from Tanzania were held in Goma but we cried for help and we were helped. Their food finished, they could not move from their trucks, however we managed to talk to people who could help them out. And then in...

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