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Who are the real players in the DRC conflict?


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 The latest developments on the DRC conflict is that the UK has announced that it will suspend most financial aid to Rwanda over its support for the M23 rebels who are seizing more towns in the Congo. On the hand, President Felix Tshisekedi has reportedly proposed granting the United States and Europe access to the country’s vast mineral resources on condition that they intervene to end the ongoing conflict. Let’s take a listen to what exactly the DRC government is saying in a statement released by the spokesperson for President Tshisekedi...

The BBC Africa’s Audrey Brown spoke to Jason Stearns, founder and chair of Congo Research Group who also wrote extensively on the DRC. She started off by asking him how and why China replaced the US as one of the players in the Congolese mining sector...

Guest: Nixon Kathembo – African analyst and Executive Producer at Channel Africa’s Khiswahili Desk

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