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In this video we’re going to explain what’s going on in the eastern DRC and why Rwanda is apparently stoking conflict there.
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Sources:
UN Sec-Gen warns of war risk:
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-01-23/statement-attributable-the-spokesperson-for-the-secretary-general-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-scroll-down-for-french-version
DRC humanitarian crisis:
https://reporting.unhcr.org/operational/situations/democratic-republic-congo-situation
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-briefing-notes/2025/01/drc-risk-imminent-attack-goma
https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/briefing-notes/escalating-violence-eastern-dr-congo-displaces-more-230-000-start-year
https://www.barrons.com/news/over-400-000-displaced-this-year-in-eastern-drc-violence-un-88753858
M23 intensify offensive:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/republique-democratique-du-congo/cinq-questions-sur-l-offensive-des-rebelles-dans-l-est-de-la-republique-democratique-du-congo_7036163.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Bgeneral%5D
https://x.com/LawrenceKanyuka/status/1882716663721914617
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/world/africa/rwanda-rebels-congo.html
Peacekeepers & general killed:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2025/01/25/13-peacekeepers-killed-as-fighting-rages-in-eastern-drc_6737423_124.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgy6qlv5kro
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/26/africa/congo-severs-ties-rwanda-rebels-goma-intl/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/congo-rwanda-m23-rebels-peacekeepers-ccb80a43e102737dbf0ed2fc78a188d9
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-repels-overnight-rebel-advance-goma-city-say-sources-2025-01-25/
UN experts report:
https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/373/37/pdf/n2437337.pdf
Why does Rwanda back M23?
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/rwanda-drc-risk-of-war-new-m23-rebellion-emerges-explainer/
https://cic.nyu.edu/resources/the-resurgence-of-the-m23-regional-rivalries/
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-january-24-2025-russia-continues-pivot-libya-and-mali-saf-advances-khartoum
UN Security Council/international response:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/africa/rebels-capture-goma-congo.html
Extra background:
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violence-democratic-republic-congo