A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
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What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged ... has sucked in neighbouring countries to devastating effect – notoriously in the 1990s when two huge conflicts, dubbed ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.