Joseph Sany on the Rwanda-DRC Conflict and the Risk of Regional War

February 12, 2025 00:06:16
Joseph Sany on the Rwanda-DRC Conflict and the Risk of Regional War
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Joseph Sany on the Rwanda-DRC Conflict and the Risk of Regional War

Feb 12 2025 | 00:06:16

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Show Notes

After decades of poor governance, ethnic tensions and illegal resource exploitation in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwandan-backed rebels’ capture of Goma “has the potential to bring … seven countries into [the] conflict” and ignite a wider regional war, says USIP’s Joseph Sany.

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