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How the DRC became the battleground of a proxy war over precious resources

18 mins | Nov 4, 2022

Local and foreign-backed forces are waging a deadly offensive in the heart of Africa. Rwanda has been waging a brutal offensive in the resource-rich, conflict-ridden eastern Congo, causing deaths and mass displacement. Andres Schipani examines the overlapping conflicts over mineral and other resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has displaced more than 5.5 million people, the largest recorded humanitarian crisis of its kind in Africa.

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