ACROSS AFRICA | The historical fissures of DR Congo's M23 Crisis
• Mar 14, 2025, 1:33 PM
1 min de lecture
Join Georja Calvin-Smith for a weekly look at stories from across the continent. This week she's joined by journalist, Michaela Wrong to discuss some of the historical relationships between DR Congo and its neighbours that have fed into the current scramble to respond to wins by the M23 insurgency.
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