Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticised African leaders over their handling of the ongoing crisis in the Eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Speaking during the 24th Extraordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State held virtually on Wednesday night to discuss recent developments in the region, Kagame argued that efforts by African leaders to resolve the crisis had been undermined by their actions.

According to Kagame, the African leaders and the international community's efforts to try to bring a solution to the crisis in DRC were overtaken by other personal entitlements.

He went ahead to mention previous peace mediation initiatives, pointing out a similar one dubbed the Nairobi Process that was led by former President Uhuru Kenyatta. ''The processes became an end in themselves and the people leading these processes became more important than the result of the processes.