Good afternoon, everybody. I'm going to call this meeting to order.
We have guests with us today who will provide testimony for our study on the situation in Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our guests today are here specifically on the situation in the DRC.
We are very pleased to welcome Fredrick Mwenengabo. He is the executive director, ambassador to the United Nations of civil society organizations and a peace and human rights advocate. He is with the East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights. Welcome.
We also have Marc Kapenda, who is a professor. Welcome, Professor Kapenda.
Anthony Njoku is going to be here as well.
I believe we're going to hear from Professor Kapenda and Mr. Mwenengabo, and then we will open it up to questions, which I know my colleagues will have lots of, and the three of you can participate.
Given that we're running a little short on time, if you can keep your remarks to about eight minutes, that would be great. Thank you.
Mr. Mwenengabo, would you begin, please?