VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says there is an urgent need to rise above division and silence the guns in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Speaking when she opened the Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers of Defence under the auspices of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, Vice-President Nalumango said the Great Lakes region was not destined for perpetual conflict, but for enduring peace. “This gathering is not simply another conference. It is a solemn covenant with our people. It is a moment when history calls upon us to rise above division, to silence the guns and to prove that the Great Lakes region is destined not for perpetual conflict, but for enduring peace and shared prosperity. As Nelson...
